§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing for each county of England and Wales the number of outbreaks of salmonella enteritidis PT4 in 1990 to date.
§ Mr. DorrellProvisional figures for the first nine months of 1990 (weeks one to 39) show tht 315 outbreaks (including two or more people) of infection with salmonella enteritidis PT4 were reported to the PHLS communicable disease surveillance centre from England and Wales.
The distribution of these outbreaks by regional health authority is as follows:
Number Northern 4 Yorkshire 62 Trent 36 East Anglia 13 North West Thames 15 North East Thames 7 South East Thames 18 South West Thames 18 Wessex 23 Oxford 10 South Western 43 West Midlands 22 Mersey 9 North Western 21 Wales 14 Total 315