Weil's Disease

HC Deb 18 May 1989 vol 153 cc287-8W

Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing the number of deaths, by occupational category, and by region, from Weil's disease in each of the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Freeman

The information requested is not wholly available: details of the deceased's occupation were not coded in some of the past 20 years.

Number of deaths due to Weil's disease1 by standard region of usual residence and occupation, 1968–87.
Year	Total	Region	Occupation2
1968	8	East Midlands	n/a
		Yorks and Humberside (2)	n/a
		South East (4)	n/a
		East Anglia	n/a
1969	6	Yorks and Humberside	n/a
		South East (2)	n/a
		Wales	n/a
		West Midlands	n/a
		South West	n/a
1970	3	Yorks and Humberside (2)	Agricultural machinery drivers aged under 15
		South West	Food processors (nee)
1971	3	South East (2)	Labourers, others (nee)
			Labourers, building and contracting
		Wales	Labourers, others (nee)
1972	9	East Anglia	Farmers, farm managers, market gardeners
		North	Proprietors and managers, sales
		South West (2)	Construction workers (nee)
			No occupation
		South East (4)	Agricultural workers (nee) Fanners, farm managers, market gardeners
			Construction workers (nee)
			Farmers, farm managers, market gardeners
		North West	Fanners, farm managers, market gardeners
1973	2	Wales	n/a
		Yorks and Humberside	n/a
1974	1	West Midlands	n/a
1975	5	South East	Construction workers (nee)
		South West (2)	Agricultural workers (nee) Farmers, farm managers, market gardeners
		East Midlands	Aged under 15
		North Western	No occupation
1976	2	South Western	n/a
		Yorks and Humberside	n/a
1977	2	East Midlands	n/a
		North Western	n/a

Year	Total	Region	Occupation2
1978	3	Northern	n/a
		Yorks and Humberside	n/a
		South East	n/a
1979	3	South East (3)	Fanners, horticulturists, farm managers Labourers Teachers (nee)
1980	4	South East (2)	Fanners, horticulturists, farm managers Not stated including housewife
		South West	Chefs, cooks
		Wales	Sales representatives (property and service) other agents
1981	1	South West	Not stated including housewife
1982	2	South East	All other in farming and related
		Wales	Gardeners and grounds-men
1983	1	Wales	Labourer, coal mines
1984	—	—	—
1985	3	South West	Other proprietors and managers (sales)
		West Midlands	Butchers, meat cutters
		Yorks and Humberside	Man-made fibre makers
1986	1	East Midlands	Refuse collectors, dustman
1987	1	South East	Farm workers
1 International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes 1000 Leptospirosis icterohaemorrhagica plus 100.9. Leptospirosis unspecified.
2 Occupations are coded using the 1970 and 1980 OPCS Classification of Occupations.

n/a = Not available.

(nec) = Not elsewhere classified.