43. Mr. FOOT MITCHELLasked the Minister of Health whether the available statistics show any diffiusion of disease-carrying by mosquitoes in this country; and whether any advice has been given to local authorities as to the desirability of eliminating likely breeding places?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am advised that, apart from occasional casualties arising from the inflammation of mosquito bites, mosquitoes in this country are not known to carry disease other than malaria. The known cases of indigenous malaria arising in this way are very few; only four such cases have been reported during 1924. As regards the second part of the question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave on this subject to the hon. Member for Reading (Mr. H. Williams) on the 18th June.