§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has by county of the number of cases of food poisoning for each month of 1993 to date; and what were the figures in 1992 and 1991 for the comparable period.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information requested is given in the table:
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1992 January February March April May 10 January to31 January 7 February to28 February 6 March to3 April 10 April to1 May 8 May to 29 May Clwyd 36 35 29 14 84 Dyfed 11 38 31 51 47 Gwent 25 28 42 42 29 Gwynedd 5 4 7 5 10 Mid Glamorgan 31 22 41 30 81 Powys 4 4 3 3 10 South Glamorgan 22 10 18 37 36 West Glamorgan 30 28 35 30 56 Wales 164 169 206 212 353
1991 January February March April May 11 January to1 February 8 February to1 March 8 March to5 April 12 April to3 May 10 May to 31 May Clwyd 29 17 42 42 78 Dyfed 12 12 34 20 43 Gwent 6 10 5 7 5 Gwynedd 4 8 12 6 5 Mid Glamorgan 27 32 23 19 18 Powys 7 6 2 6 8 South Glamorgan 19 17 46 20 23 West Glamorgan 44 31 25 23 42 Wales 148 133 189 143 222 Notifications for 1993 are weekly figures combined to represent months. For prior years, similar groupings are presented to provide comparative data. Figures may have been corrected in the quarterly and annual updates.
Source: Registrar General's Weekly Return (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys).