§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of recorded cases of(a) smallpox, (b) rickets, (c) leprosy, (d) cholera, (e) tuberculosis, (f) poliomyelitis and (g) scorbutus, per region, for each year since 1985. [19695]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information relating to leprosy, cholera, tuberculosis and poliomyelitis can be found in tables 5 and 6 of "Communicable disease statistics, 251W England and Wales", series MB2, Numbers. 12–18, 1985–1992 HMSO 1987–1994, copies of which are available in the Library.
Data on rickets and scorbutus are not available centrally.
There have been no reported cases of smallpox in England and Wales since 1978.