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Salmonella And Brucellosis

Volume 949: debated on Monday 8 May 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the recorded numbers of cases of salmonella and brucellosis, respectively, resulting from the sale and consumption of untreated milk for each of the last five years.

The following are the numbers of positive isolations of salmonella food poisoning attributable to the consumption of untreated milk in England and Wales, recorded by the Public Health Laboratory Service:

197390
1974184
1975159
197629
1977184
There is no record of the number of brucellosis cases attributable to the consumption of untreated milk.