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Dept of Health

Answer

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the recorded incidence of pneumococcal disease infection by health authorities was in the last year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of unreported pneumococcal disease infection by health authority. [139482] Miss Melanie Johnson: Information on the incidence of pneumococcal disease infection by health authority (HA) is not available. Notifications are for pneumococcal meningitis only and these are listed by health authority in the table. No estimate has been made of unreported pneumococcal disease infection by HA. Statutory notifications of pneumococcal meningitis England and Wales--2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Health authority name Number Avon 3 Barking and Havering 2 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 2 Barnsley 2 Bedfordshire -- Berkshire 9 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 2 Birmingham 9 Bradford 5 Brent and Harrow 1 Bro Taf -- Buckinghamshire 3 Bury and Rochdale 1 Calderdale and Kirklees 2 Cambridgeshire -- Camden and Islington 1 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly -- County Durham -- Coventry 2 Croydon -- Doncaster 1 Dorset 4 Dudley 2 Dyfed Powys 4 Baling, Hammersmith and Hounslow 2 East Kent 2 East Lancashire -- East London and The City 1 East Riding 4 East Surrey -- East Sussex, Brighton & Hove -- Gateshead and South Tyneside -- Gloucestershire -- Gwent 2 Herefordshire -- Hertfordshire 3 Hillingdon -- Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 1 Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster -- Kingston and Richmond -- Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 2 Leeds 3 Leicestershire 3 Lincolnshire 2 Liverpool -- Manchester 3 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth -- Morecambe Bay -- Morgannwg -- Newcastle and North Tyneside 3 Norfolk 11 North and East Devon -- North and Mid Hampshire 2 North Cheshire 2 North Cumbria 2 North Derbyshire -- North Essex -- North Nottinghamshire 1 North Staffordshire -- North Wales 4 North West Lancashire 2 North Yorkshire -- Northamptonshire 3 Northumberland 1 Nottingham 7 Oxfordshire 1 Port Health Authority -- Redbridge and Waltham Forest -- Rotherham 1 Salford and Trafford 3 Sandwell -- Sefton -- Sheffield -- Shropshire 1 Solihull -- Somerset -- South and West Devon 4 South Cheshire 1 South Essex 1 South Number -- South Lancashire -- South Staffordshire -- Southampton and South West Hampshire 3 Southern Derbyshire 1 St Helens and Knowsley 4 Stockport -- Suffolk 1 Sunderland -- Tees -- Wakefield -- Walsall -- Warwickshire 1 West Kent 5 West Pennine 1 West Surrey 1 West Sussex 4 Wigan and Bolton 2 Wiltshire 2 Wirral 6 Wolverhampton 1 Worcestershire -- Total 166 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

139482; 413 c1134-6W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Health authorities Influenza

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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