Food Poisoning (Hansard, 2 November 1994)

§ Dr. Strang
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the latest figures available for the current year for the number of reported cases of human salmonellosis in England and Wales.

§ Mr. Sackville
Data on salmonella infections in humans are published in the "Communicable Disease Report", copies of which are available in the Library.
There was a decrease of 2.8 per cent. in the figures recorded for January to September 1994 compared with the same period in 1993.

§ Dr. Strang
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of food poisoning notifications to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for 1993 up the nearest available date to 7 October.

§ Mr. Sackville
Up to 7 October 1993 there were 56,428 notifications.
Figures for 1993 are provisional. These notifications may be made before the diagnosis is firmly established and are therefore subject to withdrawal or amendment.