§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will specify for each London borough in each of the last 10 years(a) the number of cases of food poisoning and (b) the percentage increase of such cases over this 10-year period.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information is given in the table:
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Percentage increase 1979–88 Greenwich 43 38 42 32 49 53 59 48 144 173 302.33 Hackney 31 27 29 26 27 38 29 45 79 70 125.81 Hammersmith and Fulham 22 24 53 25 50 61 41 25 22 47 113.64 Haringey 64 32 30 36 45 77 72 93 106 120 87.50 Harrow 23 44 54 54 90 70 110 159 218 233 913.04 Havering 34 15 43 46 71 28 32 74 104 106 211.76 Hillingdon 58 51 35 44 56 33 38 54 86 148 155.17 Hounslow 12 17 20 20 28 52 32 39 47 69 475.00 Islington 83 82 92 58 71 59 97 115 160 193 132.53 Kensington and Chelsea 51 45 41 44 61 60 54 35 59 83 62.75 Kingston Upon Thames 32 30 14 22 26 23 38 45 39 58 81.25 Lambeth 47 34 47 44 53 106 65 110 106 142 202.13 Lewisham 53 46 48 42 76 145 98 79 93 172 224.53 Merton 19 15 14 31 22 38 67 73 51 87 357.89 Newham 81 38 30 39 41 25 58 104 74 105 29.63 Redbridge 78 75 37 50 20 23 23 58 39 95 21.79 Richmond Upon Thames 22 20 19 27 26 26 26 22 50 59 168.18 Southwark 46 44 45 75 58 83 90 80 78 156 239.13 Sutton 41 39 43 65 48 19 12 22 26 79 92.68 Tower Hamlets 27 68 30 57 38 41 34 53 82 93 244.44 Waltham Forest 50 20 25 25 15 16 18 1 3 46 -8.00 Wandsworth 62 72 77 64 121 43 63 90 117 131 111.29 Westminster, City of 56 48 67 94 88 69 62 83 97 108 92.86 In addition, since 1982, cases of food poisoning ascertained by means other than formal notification have been reported to OPCS.