§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of mycobacterium bovis (bovine TB) there have been in humans in each year since 1987; and how many fatalities there have been. [53758]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 2 May 2002]: Information provided by the Public Health Laboratory Service show the number of cases of mycobacterium bovis (bovine TB) in humans for each year since 1987 as follows:
Year Cases 1987 50 1988 53 1989 40 1990 31 1993 47 1994 49 1995 32 1996 37 1997 45 1998 40 1999 40 2000 28 Data was not produced by laboratories in 1991 and 1992 and is therefore not available.
Reports of deaths from tuberculosis do not include details of the infecting organism. Therefore the number of deaths from M. Bovis is not available.