§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by year for the last 10 years and to date for 1989, the number of cases of meningitis treated in the Trent regional health authority, the years in which there were clusters, the number of fatal cases and the number of cases involving children under five years and of school age.
Table A Number of cases of (a) all forms of meningitis (b) meningococcal meningitis notified in Trent Regional Health Authority, 1979–891 all ages and selected age-groups. Notifications 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 11989 Acute Meningitis All forms All ages 84 74 93 104 91 103 135 170 186 309 71 0–4 30 28 30 42 47 48 56 88 79 117 41 5–14 25 12 25 19 16 15 21 26 37 39 5 Acute Meningococcal Meningitis All ages 58 76 27 26 41 33 44 69 72 111 33 0–4 28 39 14 11 22 15 23 34 43 61 17 5–14 15 25 6 7 7 2 9 9 9 15 3 1 1 January–31 March (1988 and 1989 provisional).
Table B Number of deaths with meningococcal infection1 as underlying cause of death, usual residents of Trent Regional Health Authority, all ages and selected age-groups, 1979–1987. Deaths 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Meningococcal Infection All ages 11 11 6 4 14 6 11 10 15 0–4 6 4 4 2 7 1 7 8 7 5–14 1 2 — 1 1 — — — 1 1 International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9th Revision 036.0
Table C2 Numbers (10 per cent. sample) of hospital inpatient cases recorded with meningococcal infection1 as principal diagnosis, Trent Regional Health Authority, 1979–85. Trent RHA—Region of treatment 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Numbers 11 8 6 8 14 4 6 1 ICD 9th Revision 036.0 2 These data are taken from the Hospital in-patient inquiry, a 10 per cent. sample of NHS non-psychiatric in-patient records. The last data year for this study was 1985.