Food Poisoning

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To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of cases notified to him from each health board in Scotland from 1980 until the latest date for which figures are available of (a) food

Table 1
Confirmed notifications of Food poisoning and Campylobacter
		Scotland	Argyll and Clyde	Ayrshire and Arran	Borders	Dumfries and Galloway	Fife	Forth Valley	Grampian	Greater Glasgow	Highland	Lanarkshire	Lothian	Orkney	Shetland	Tayside	Western Isles
1980	Food poisoning	2,299	105	201	23	108	70	63	154	296	17	93	¹923	1	40	161	44
	Campylobacter	390	52	²—	—	11	—	8	169	93	—	3	—	—	—	54	—
1981	Food poisoning	2,920	193	181	47	44	148	119	920	297	25	138	563	—	13	229	3
	Campylobacter	1,459	50	²—	—	58	155	32	375	86	—	36	548	—	—	119	—
1982	Food poisoning	2,880	235	193	79	259	169	126	215	357	17	421	656	—	11	141	1
	Campylobacter	1,645	62	²—	31	127	129	31	499	95	—	67	480	—	14	110	—
1983	Food poisoning	2,632	206	83	76	112	164	130	201	580	10	353	515	2	10	179	11
	Campylobacter	1,632	89	²—	24	136	110	60	377	100	—	77	515	—	8	136	—
1984	Food poisoning	2,391	197	153	46	132	185	102	282	310	31	238	543	2	5	159	6
	Campylobacter	1,910	64	²—	25	171	146	121	371	130	1	142	596	—	10	133	—
1985	Food poisoning	1,967	218	166	21	53	192	68	307	206	31	210	393	—	6	92	4
	Campylobacter	2,189	113	²—	37	193	110	89	424	177	2	198	656	—	15	175	—
1986	Food poisoning	2,436	309	166	32	131	190	101	215	385	65	126	586	—	6	103	21
	Campylobacter	2,230	129	²—	39	162	77	104	455	201	98	158	616	—	9	182	—
1987	Food poisoning	2,480	184	255	33	104	178	105	325	269	70	216	569	—	14	149	9
	Campylobacter	2,566	133	²—	35	207	102	162	465	285	120	174	677	1	10	195	—
1988	Food poisoning	2,998	256	120	76	83	385	152	338	369	86	274	645	—	16	187	11
	Campylobacter	2,736	140	²—	56	174	184	168	567	300	119	216	597	—	11	204	—
1989	Food poisoning	3,197	277	182	78	30	344	146	481	301	213	258	600	2	8	251	26
	Campylobacter	2,722	178	²—	64	24	180	153	599	331	129	265	584	—	19	195	1
¹ Includes Campylobacter.
²— Not available.

Table 2
Cases of Salmonella sp., S. enteriditis, S. enteriditis pt4, and Listeriosis notified by laboratories in Scotland
	Salmonella sp. (Salmonellosis)	S. enteritidis	S. enteritidis pt4	Listeriosis
1980	1,577	113	28	10
1981	2,526	250	37	7
1982	2,621	279	42	8
1983	2,288	319	80	16
1984	2,221	433	183	9
1985	1,690	528	138	14
1986	2,015	619	282	10
1987	2,286	940	577	36
1988	2,580	1,345	945	36
1989	2,578	1,402	1,150	29

Volume 181: debated on Tuesday 20 November 1990