§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new cases of tuberculosis have been recorded in the United Kingdom in the last year. [108332]
§ Yvette CooperThe total number of newly notified cases of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom in 1999 is 6,757. This figure is provisional and uncorrected. Correction usually results in a reduction in the provisional figure.
Sources:
1. Public Health Laboratory Service, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC) for England and Wales
2. CDSC(NI) for Northern Ireland
3. Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health for Scotland).
§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to prevent an increase of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom. [108331]
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§ Yvette CooperI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) on 19 October 1999,Official Report, columns 468–69W.