The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Lord Plant
asked Her Majesty's GovernmenWhat is the latest annual notification of the number of people suffering from tuberculosis and what are the figures for the previous four years.
Lord Cullen of Ashbourne
The number of new cases of tuberculosis notified in the years 1976 to 1980 in England and Wales is as follows:
| NOTIFICATIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1976–80 | ||||
| Year | Respiratory | Meninges and CNS | Other forms | All forms of Tuberculosis |
| 1976 | 7,716 | 89 | 2,297 | 10,102 |
| 1977 | 7,129 | 81 | 2,320 | 9,530 |
| 1978 | 7,083 | 103 | 2,502 | 9,688 |
| 1979 | 6,808 | 86 | 2,374 | 9,268 |
| 1980* | 6,648 | 103 | 2,371 | 9,122 |
| *1980 Notifications are provisional. | ||||