Written question asked by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 September 2003. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 8 September 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis in (a) 2002, (b) 2000, (c) 1998, (d) 1996 and (e) 1994. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis in (a) 2002, (b) 2000, (c) 1998, (d) 1996 and (e) 1994. [127431] Miss Melanie Johnson: Statutory notifications to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre of the Health Protection Agency show that the number of people diagnosed with pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis in England and Wales for the years mentioned are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notifications 1994 5,591 1996 5,654 1998 6,087 2000 6,797 2002 16,891 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional figure

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