Salmonella

HC Deb 25 April 1994 vol 242 cc62-3W

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many salmonella cases occurred(a) nationally and (b) in each NHS region (1) in absolute terms and (2) per head of population for (i) 1992 and (ii) 1993.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table. Figures for 1993 are provisional.

	1992	1993
NHS region	1Number	2Rate	1Number	2Rate
Oxford	1,582	61.3	1,665	64.5
South Western	2,266	68.3	2,260	68.2
West Midlands	2,879	54.6	2,673	50.7
Mersey	1,131	46.9	974	40.4
North Western	2,719	67.7	2.553	63.5
Wales	1,917	66.1	1,978	68.2
Total	31,355	61.2	30,653	59.8
1 Figures are for laboratory confirmed cases of salmonella in humans reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service.
2 Rates are expressed as laboratory confirmed cases per 100,000 population.