HC Deb 27 November 1989 vol 162 c101W
Mr. Allen McKay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for each week from March 1989 to date the number of salmonella food poisoning cases which have been reported.

Mr. Freeman

The information requested is given in the table. Figures are collated monthly, and are not available on a weekly basis.

Human isolates of salmonella confirmed by the Department of Enteric Pathogens, PHLS
1989 Number
March 1,213
April 1,106
May 1,364
June 2,854
July 3,303
August 4,586
September 4,684
October 3,556