§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of food poisoning notifications to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in(a) 1993 and (b) 1994 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. SackvilleThere were 68,587 food poisoning notifications in England and Wales in 1993. The provisional number of notifications in 1994, up to and including the week ended 14 July, was 36,437. The provisional number of notifications in 1993, up to and including the week ended 16 July, was 34,058.
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of laboratory reports of salmonella in foodstuffs to the Public Health Laboratory Service in England and Wales for each year since the introduction of the new reporting system; what are the latest figures available for this year; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe new reporting system introduced by the Public Health Laboratory Service in January 1992 was designed to enhance surveillance of cases of human salmonellosis and not the reporting of foods positive for salmonella.
The number of reported cases of human salmonellosis in England and Wales since 1992 is as follows:
- 1992 - 31,352
- 1993 - 30,654