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Written question asked by David Hinchliffe (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 December 1995. It was answered by Lord Horam (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 December 1995 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
How many cases of of (a) cholera, (b) typhoid fever, (c) paratyphoid fever, (d) dysentery and (e) food poisoning were notified in each of the years from 1985 to 1992; what is his estimate of the costs to the NHS resulting from incidents of food poisoning in each year from 1985 to 1995. - Inc ref to OPCS' MB2 Series Communicable Disease Statistics, (in Lib) inc table.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
268 c581-2W;268 c579-80W; 4998;5000;4997
Session
1995-96
Subjects
Costs Diseases Food poisoning Cholera Dysentery Typhoid
Contains statistics
Yes