Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 27 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2003. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Monday, 8 December 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of tuberculosis have been reported in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority area in each year since 2000-01. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of tuberculosis have been reported in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire health authority area in each year since 2000-01. [141357] Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on notified cases of tuberculosis is collated by the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC) of the Health Protection Agency through the notification of infectious diseases (NOIDs) system. The number of notified cases in the local and unitary authorities corresponding to the old Portsmouth and South East Hampshire health authority area, since 2000 is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of cases 2000 8 2001 7 2002 32 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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