HC Deb 15 February 1922 vol 150 c1013
62. Mr. GILBERT

asked the Minister of Health whether there has recently been an increase in the number of cases of diphtheria in London; whether the number of such cases are abnormal; what steps his Department has taken in order to stay the spread of this epidemic; and can he make any general statement on the subject?

Sir A. MOND

The answer to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. I regret that it is impossible for me in an answer to a Parliamentary question to deal in detail with the preventive measures taken by the Ministry and the local authorities concerned, but I have reason to believe that they are satisfactory and that a very large percentage of the total number of cases of diphtheria have been removed for isolation and treatment to the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.

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