§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of cases of(a) diphtheria, (b)syphilis, (c) tuberculosis, (d) cholera and (e) malaria in each of the past four years and in the current year to date; and if he will make a statement. [20658]
§ Mr. HoramNotification-as opposed to number of cases-in England and Wales are as follows:
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Provisional First nine weeks highly provisional Diphtheria 8 6 9 12 2 Tuberculosis, excluding chemoprophylaxis 5,799 5,921 5,591 5,608 964 Cholera 25 23 30 32 3 Malaria 1,189 1,198 1,139 1,300 151 Source:
OPCS.
Figures are notifications, not confirmed cases.
Syphilis is not a notifiable disease and the figures given are from the Department of Health's statistics division's KC60 returns and relate to the number of new cases seen in England. Figures for 1995 are not yet available.
Syphilis 1991 1,349 1992 1,312 1993 1,347 1994 1,393