§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by year for the last five years, and by regional health authority, the number of cases of diphtheria reported in the age groups(a) under 10 years, (b) 10 to 19 years and (c) 20 years and over.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is shown in the table.
Number of cases reported to Office of Population Censuses and Surveys of diphtheria, by Regional Health Authority 1988–1992 RHA Number of cases Age of patient 1988 Yorkshire 1 9 1989 North East Thames 1 11 North West Thames 1 21 1990 North West Thames 1 19 North Western 1 19
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Allocations for 1993–94 Allocations for 1994–95 Local authority AIDS support grant £ Healthy Alliances scheme £ AIDS support grant £ Healthy Alliances scheme £ AIDS allocations to local authorities in Yorkshire Bradford 0 150,000 71,000 4,000 Calderdale 0 26,000 15,000 3,000 Humberside 0 62,000 32,000 6,000 Kikrlees 0 39,000 27,000 5,000 Leeds 267,000 0 101,000 19,000 North Yorkshire 0 31,000 54,000 10,000 Wakefield 0 40,000 15,000 3,000 AIDS allocations to local authorities in Trent Barnsley 0 18,000 10,000 7,000 Derbyshire 0 31,000 27,000 5,000 Doncaster 0 31,000 10,000 7,000 Leicestershire 115,000 0 60,000 8,000 Lincolnshire 0 31,000 21,000 4,000 Nottinghamshire 0 48,000 74,000 14,000 Rotherham 0 31,000 10,000 7,000 Sheffield 0 86,000 32,000 6,000
RHA Number of cases Age of patient 1991 North East Thames 1 7 South West Thames 1 26 1992 Northern 1 15 Yorkshire 1 6 East Anglia 2 36 and 37 North West Thames 2 13 and 27 South Western 2 25 and 41