HC Deb 19 July 1991 vol 195 c313W
Mr. Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what incidence of trichinosis has been recorded in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Dorrell

Cases of trichinosis in humans reported to the communicable disease surveillance unit of the Public Health Laboratory Service for the last 10 years are set out in the table.

Laboratory reports to CDSC, England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man: Annual totals 1980 to 1990
Year Laboratory reports and available details
1980
1981 17 cases in soldiers returning from Hong Kong
1982 1 case
1983
1984
1985 2 cases
1986 1 case
1987 2 cases: one from Southern Africa
1988
1989
19901
1 Provisional.

Source: Form 20s to 1988; Oracle database from 1989.