§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many deaths from Weil's disease have been recorded for each of the last 10 years;
(2) if he will list the places where deaths from Weil's disease over the last 10 years have been recorded.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information is shown in the table; 1987 is the latest full year available. Death registrations with Leptospirosis (Weil's Disease)1 as underlying cause of death: numbers and county district of usual residence, England and Wales 1978–88.
Year Number Area of usual residence 1978 2 Easington; Ryedale 1979 1 Test Valley 1980 1 East Hertfordshire 1981 1 Kennet 1982 1 Basingstoke and Deane 1983 1 Merthyr Tydfil 1984 — — 1985 — — 1986 — — 1987 — — 19882 2 n/a 1 International classification of disease code 100.0. 2 Provisional, January-September only.