§ Lord Monkswellasked Her Majesty's Government:
In which health districts each of the 46 outbreaks of salmonella food poisoning attributed to eggs reported in the Department of Health press release of 7th December occurred; and how many people were affected in each outbreak.
§ Lord HeskethInformation is not readily available concerning the health districts in which each of the 46 outbreaks occurred. However, a breakdown by health region where outbreaks have been reported and the number of cases involved to date in each is as follows:
Reported Region Outbreaks Cases Northern 4 3; 17; 70; 16 Yorkshire 5 18; 6; 42; 84; 9 Trent 4 2; 14; 2; 30 Thames Region 14 6; 5; 50; 94; 9; 20; 18; 44; 12; N/K; 162; 5; 171; 27 Wessex 4 50; 4; N/K; 37 South Western 4 4; 2; 12; 18 West Midlands 2 51; 48 North Western 4 30; 34; 4; 4 Wales 5 7; 19; 11; 2; 4