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Scottish Office

Answer

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total incidence of (a) E. coli 0157 and (b) campylobacter in (i) humans and (ii) animals in (1) Scotland and (2) each region of Scotland in each year since 1990, and from 1 January to date. [7205] Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: [holding answer 2 December 1996]: The information requested is available only at health board level for humans and for animals only a scottish figure is available. The details of which are set out in the tables. Report of isolations of campylobacter SPT found in humans in Scotland 1990 to 1996 (to week 47) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Ayrshire Argyll and Borders Dumfries Fife Forth Greater Grampian and Arran Clyde and Valley Glasgow Galloway 1990 173 209 112 151 156 196 360 748 1991 139 216 108 140 203 218 285 781 1991 139 216 108 140 203 218 285 781 1992 238 360 145 218 233 312 424 1,025 1993 209 291 126 184 251 228 303 676 1994 237 324 108 175 247 244 424 582 1995 237 379 100 186 275 195 488 656 1996 206 395 121 185 285 194 498 689 Year Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Scotland Isles 1990 148 286 772 7 9 265 25 3,617 1991 142 296 669 9 13 198 8 3,425 1992 186 451 981 22 18 282 20 4,915 1993 197 424 800 20 12 269 9 3,999 1994 146 485 869 3 7 280 15 4,146 1995 178 524 865 19 4 251 20 4,377 1996 169 493 1,122 2 3 312 21 4,655 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Report of isolations of E.coli 0157 found in humans in Scotland 1990-96 (to week 47) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Ayrshire Argyll and Borders Dumfries Fife Forth Greater Grampian and Arran Clyde and Valley Glasgow Galloway 1990 1 6 3 5 15 9 14 46 1991 3 7 23 2 13 9 8 67 1992 8 1 10 4 9 4 9 38 1993 5 7 1 2 9 2 11 42 1994 6 5 0 3 20 7 21 61 1995 4 5 14 15 23 1 {1}21 92 1996 16 10 20 10 14 2 28 42 Year Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Scotland Isles 1990 0 11 41 1 0 12 1 165 1991 0 9 36 1 0 24 0 202 1992 0 10 13 0 0 9 0 115 1993 0 11 18 1 0 10 0 119 1994 9 10 90 0 0 9 1 242 1995 15 8 41 0 0 14 4 247 1996 12 11 55 0 0 9 0 229 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Campylobacter and E.Coli found in animals in Scotland 1990-1996 (to week 47) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Campylobacter E.coli 0157 1990 5 -- 1991 107 -- 1992 65 12 1993 36 13 1994 32 {1}114 1995 39 1 1996 55 38 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} High level found due to research survey.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

7205; 286 c622-4W;286 c620-2W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Animals Contamination Food Health authorities Food poisoning Scotland Bacteria People

Contains statistics

Yes