HC Deb 18 January 1988 vol 145 cc224-5W
Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if, pursuant to his reply of 10 January to the hon. Member for East Lothian, he will list the locations of the outbreaks of salmonella food poisoning connected with eggs referred to in that answer.

Mr. Freeman

The following table gives a breakdown by NHS region of the reported outbreaks of salmonellosis associated with eggs to the end of October 1988. The outbreaks involved those cases listed in my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State's reply to him on 10 January at columns612–13.

Regional health authority (RHA) Number of outbreaks reported
Northern 4
Yorkshire 5
Trent 4
Thames Regions 14

Regional health authority (RHA) Number of outbreaks reported
Wessex 4
South Western 4
West Midlands 2
North Western 4
Wales 5