§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the incidence of salmonella in each county in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation is not available in the form requested.
For information on the number of cases of reported salmonellosis by national health service region in England and Wales for 1992 and 1993, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, Central (Mr. Cousins) on 25 April, Official Report columns, 61–64.
86WIn 1992 there were 31,355 cases of human salmonellosis confirmed by the Public Health Laboratory Service and in 1993, 30,653. This represents a decrease of over 2 per cent. Figures to September 1994 compared to the same period in 1993 show a further decrease of nearly 3 per cent. Figures for 1993 and 1994 are provisional.