HC Deb 27 July 1999 vol 336 cc411-2W
Mr. Rogers

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many TB notifications there were for each trust area in Wales in each of the last five years. [93104]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

Information on the number of cases of TB (excluding chemprophlaxis) in each of the last five years is given in the following tables. As NHS trusts during this time did not have unique geographical areas the data are shown by local authority for 1994 and 1995 and then unitary authority for 1996 to 1998.

Local authority 1994 1995
Aberconwy 5
Alyn and Deeside 1 3
Arfon 5 7
Blaenau Gwent 8 3
Brecknock 2 2
Cardiff 29 32
Carmarthen 2 4
Ceredigion 3 1
Colwyn 3 2
Cynon Valley 3
Delyn 3 4
Dinefwr 5 3
Dwyfor 3 4
Glyndwr 5
Islwyn 1 4
Llanelli 9 10
Lliw Valley 8 2
Meirionnydd 1 1
Merthyr Tydfil 3 2
Monmouth 3 2
Montgomeryshire
Neath 7 4
Newport 5 9
Ogwr 9 6
Port Talbot 3 4
Preseli 1 6
Pembrokeshire
Radnorshire
Rhondda 10 5
Rhuddlan 2 5
Rhymney Valley 4 7
South Pembrokeshire 3
Swansea 10 9
Taff Ely 9 9
Torfaen 2 3
Vale of Glamorgan 8 9
Wrexham Maelor 8 8
Ynys Mon (Isle of Anglesey) 3 5
Wales 181 180

Unitary authority 1996 1997 1998
Blaenau Gwent 1
Bridgend 12 7 7
Caerphilly 1 4 1
Cardiff 32 33 38
Carmarthenshire 22 19 13
Ceredigion 4 5 6
Conwy 4 5 9
Denbighshire 3 11 3
Flintshire 4 5 4
Gwynedd 10 6 17
Isle of Anglesey 3 7 3
Merthyr Tydfil 5 4 4
Monmouthshire 2
Neath Port Talbot 8 11 24
Newport 2 5 2
Pembrokeshire 8 12 8
Powys 7 7 5
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 12 29 15
Swansea 7 3 2
Torfaen 1
Vale of Glamorgan 6 14 2
Wrexham 9 8 7
Wales 161 195 172