§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many reported cases of(a) rickets and (b) tuberculosis there were in each of the past 10 years in each health authority area; [109765]
71W(2) if he will list, in descending order, the 10 health authorities with the highest incidence of (a) tuberculosis and (b) rickets over the past 10 years. [109764]
§ Yvette CooperInformation on cases of tuberculosis is not collected by health authority but by local authority. A table giving the number of cases of tuberculosis notified
The 10 Local Authorities in England and Wales with the highest number of tuberculosis notifications years 1989–1998 Local authority Year Total Average 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Birmingham 311 289 326 349 319 263 239 275 252 258 2,881 288.1 Newham 123 133 154 132 137 206 194 186 174 213 1,652 165.2 Brent 138 95 162 178 129 162 193 190 195 163 1,605 160.5 Bradford 152 150 191 143 164 124 158 142 144 133 1,501 150.1 Leicester 153 152 146 136 162 144 164 157 130 149 1,493 149.3 Ealing 93 87 96 109 125 117 127 130 162 212 1,258 125.8 Hackney 88 78 67 104 97 102 106 129 117 121 1,009 100.9 Tower Hamlets 80 94 88 99 109 103 97 87 136 104 997 99.7 Lambeth 68 77 85 97 118 94 104 110 94 102 949 94.9 Source:
PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Center.