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Mr. William Ross
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of hepatitis B there have been in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and in each year, how many have been fatal.
Mr. Needham
[holding answer 20 March 1990]: The information is as follows:
| Cases | Deaths | |
| 1987 | 9 | 1 |
| 1988 | 8 | nil |
| 1989 | 8 | 11 |
| 1 Up to 30 September 1989. | ||