§ Sir Richard BodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will publish a summary of the evidence in the possession of his Department at the time when the Protein Processing Orders 1981 were drafted about the proportion of poultry affected by salmonella.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeAgriculture Ministers carried out a process of consultation on proposals for the control of protein processing in 1978 and again in 1980 before the making of the Diseases of Animals (Protein Processing) Order 1981 and the Importation of Processed Animal Protein Order 1981. The central public health laboratory carried out two surveys of frozen whole chickens the results of which were as follows: 111W
year Number of samples Salmonella from Number Per cent. 1970–73 495 168 33.9 1979–80 100 79 79.0 Consultations took place against the background of growing concern about the increasing incidence of salmonella in livestock.
Since the making of the orders the public health laboratory service has carried out a further survey of frozen whole chickens, the results of which were as follows:
Year Number of samples Salmonella from Number Per cent. 1987 101 65 64.4
§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the figures for reported cases of human salmonellosis for December 1988 as soon as they are available; and what were the figures for each of the previous 12 months.
§ Mr. FreemanLaboratory reports on identifications of salmonella infections in man are collated weekly. The following table gives provisional four-weekly totals, to week 52, of laboratory reports of salmonellosis submitted to the public health laboratory service in 1988.
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The new clinical grading structure for nursing, midwifery and health visitor staff—numbers of old clinical grades assimilated to each of the new clinical grades on the basis of duties and responsibilities on 1st April 1988: Nottingham DHA Previous grade Staff in post1 A B C D E F G1 H I Nursing Auxiliary 1,263.58 1,147.18 114.40 2.00 — — — — — — Staff Nursery Nurse 34.50 — 32.00 2.50 — — — — — — Enrolled Nurse3 799.75 — — 131.96 652.83 14.96 — — — — Enrolled District Nurse3 27.30 — — — 26.30 1.00 — — — — Senior Enrolled Nurse3 103.45 — — 1.40 83.55 18.00 0.50 — — — Staff Nurse3 1,045.30 — — — 215.53 788.18 41.59 — — — Staff Midwife3 120.82 — — — 23.00 97.82 — — — — Deputy Sister3 50.13 — — — — 2.00 48.13 — — — Nursing Sister II3 590.90 — — — — — 260.86 328.04 2.00 — Midwifery Sister II3 153.10 — — — — — 23.13 129.97 — — District Nurse (Sister II)3 112.04 — — — — — — 112.04 — — Nursing Sister I 6.00 — — — — — — 6.00 — — Midwifery Sister I — — — — — — — — — — Health Visitor 124.45 — — — — — — 123.45 1.00 — Senior Nurse 8 71.60 — — — — — 2.00 39.60 27.00 3.00 Senior Nurse 8 Midwife 7.00 — — — — — — 7.00 — — Senior Nurse 7 45.00 — — — — — — 5.00 8.00 32.00 Senior Nurse 7 (Midwife) 10.93 — — — — — — — 9.00 1.93 Clinical Teacher 26.16 — — — — — — — 26.16 — Fieldwork Teacher 14.00 — — — — — — — 14.00 — Practical Work Teacher 24.00 — — — — — — — 24.00 — Tutor 38.03 — — — — — — — — 38.03 Tutor Midwife 8.00 — — — — — — — — 8.00 Post Basic Students Enrolled 35.00 — — 35.00 — — — — — — Staff Nurse 183.00 — — — 183.00 — — — — — Deputy Sister — — — — — — — — — — Sister II — — — — — — — — — — Others 2.00 — — — — — — — — 2.00 TOTALS 4,89604 1,147.18 146.40 172.86 1,184.21 921.96 376.21 751.10 111.16 84.96 1 Whole-time equivalents. 2 Excludes some additional "G" posts which health authorities have indicated they intend to create in future on existing two-sister wards. 3 Excludes Post Basic Students.
1988 (provisional) four-weekly period Weeks Reports 1–4 1,072 5–6 779 9–12 788 13–16 776 17–20 1,221 21–24 1,579 25–28 2,143 29–32 2,803 33–36 12,033 37–40 3,585 41–44 3,348 45–48 2,636 49–52 1,360 Total reports 24,123 1 Postal strike.