HC Deb 21 February 1989 vol 147 cc612-3W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by area health authority in both the Trent regional health authority and the Yorkshire regional health authority, the number of cases of meningitis for 1988 and to date; and what are the national averages for the same periods.

Mr. Freeman

Cases of infectious diseases are notified by the doctor in attendance to the proper officer for each local authority area. Notifications of meningitis are therefore not generally available at the district health authority level. However, the table shows the number of notifications of meningitis for the counties most closely approximating to the Yorkshire and Trent regional health authorities.

Notifications of meningitis by county 19881 19891 2
1988 1989
England and Wales 3,001 302
YorkshireWest Yorkshire 171 10

Humberside 78 5
North Yorkshire 41 5
Trent
South Yorkshire 124 3
Derbyshire 36 5
Leicestershire 58 4
Lincolnshire 26 3
Nottinghamshire 67 8
1 Provisional
2 For the period 31 December 1988 to 20 January 1989.