HC Deb 29 June 1993 vol 227 cc475-6W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many cases of(a) viral hepatitis and (b) dysentery have been reported in each district health authority in each of the last five years.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The number of cases of(a) viral hepatitis and (b) dysentery notified in each health authority in Wales in each of the last five years are shown in the table:

Health authority 1988 1989 1990 1991 11992
(a) Viral Hepatitis
Clwyd 10 18 18 42 21
East Dyfed 12 6 5 7 6
Pembrokeshire 4 5 5 3 7
Gwent 37 17 33 77 212
Gwynedd 3 5 3 4 4
Mid Glamorgan 9 12 45 134 95
Powys 1 4 9 3 2
South Glamorgan 94 55 103 48 20
West Glamorgan 24 7 36 42 114
(b) Dysentery
Clwyd 10 27 10 72 180
East Dyfed 6 6 3 11 14
Pembrokeshire 4 0 2 305 17
Gwent 31 5 0 78 96
Gwynedd 3 4 2 5 16
Mid Glamorgan 3 4 39 23 110
Powys 1 0 0 4 6
South Glamorgan 25 52 166 472 228
West Glamorgan 8 17 13 2 9
1 1992 data are provisional.

Source: Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Communicable Disease.

Statistics—Series MB2.

Registrar General's Weekly Return—Series WR.