Written question asked by Lord Smith of Finsbury (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 February 1997. It was answered by Lord Horam (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 February 1997 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: How many TB notifications there were for each local authority in London for each of the last five years and 1996 to date. - Includes table and ref to 'MB2 Communicable Disease Statistics' (in Library).

Answer: Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many TB notifications for each of the last five years and 1996 to date. [13757] Mr. Horam: The number of cases of tuberculosis-- excluding chemoprophylaxis--notified published annually by local authority in the publication "MB2 Communicable Disease and the latest published year is 1994. Figures for 1995 and provisional figures Number of notifications of tuberculosis--excluding chemoprophylaxis--London local ________________________________________________________________________________________ District 1995 City of London 1 Barking and Dagenham 27 Barnet 66 Bexley 13 Brent 193 Bromley 13 Camden 78 Croydon 47 Ealing 127 Enfield 48 Greenwich 30 Hackney 106 Hammersmith and Fulham 40 Haringey 92 Harrow 79 Havering 16 Hillingdon 56 Hounslow 74 Islington 57 Kensington and Chelsea 38 Kingston upon Thames 15 Lambeth 104 Lewisham 38 Merton 24 Newham 194 Redbridge 74 Richmond upon Thames 12 Southwark 56 Sutton 16 Tower Hamlets 97 Waltham Forest 57 Wandsworth 64 City of Westminster 90 ________________________________________________________________________________________ {1} Provisional. there were for each local authority in London to the Office for National Statistics is Statistics". Copies are available in the Library for 1996 are given in the table. authorities 1995 and 1996 _________. 1996{1} 0 19 58 14 190 12 74 60 130 44 45 129 60 111 67 11 78 97 66 68 12 111 46 29 186 67 13 79 13 92 65 61 94 _________.

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