§ Sir Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the incidence of psittacosis in Cambridgeshire in comparison with the rest of Britain; if he will approve at the earliest opportunity the order of the South Cambridgeshire district council making psittacosis a notifiable disease under section 16 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 22 July 1987]: We do not collect comprehensive statistics about the incidence of this disease which would allow this comparison to be made. I understand that laboratory reports sent to the communicable disease surveillance centre in recent years were as follows:
Number 1984 410 1985 322 1986 1329 1 Provisional. My officials are in touch with South and East Cambridgeshire district councils which are I understand concerned about local incidence. A decision about the approval of an order to make this disease notifiable in their areas will be taken as soon as possible.