HC Deb 22 June 1994 vol 245 cc199-200W
Mr. Redmond

To 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. Sackville

The 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

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

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