Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 14 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 May 2003. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Monday, 12 May 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of Weil's disease there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of Weil's disease there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [110150] Ms Blears: The numbers of cases of human leptospirosis (Well's Disease) in England and Wales reported to the Health Protection Agency's Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre over the last five years are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1998 30 1999 41 2000 54 2001 27 2002 48 Total 200 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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