§ 66. Dr. MORRIS-JONESasked the Minister of Health whether there has been any general decrease in the number of cases of influenza among the insured population during January and February of this year as compared with the corresponding period in 1929?
§ Mr. GREENWOODAs I informed the hon. Member on the 6th instant, no information is available with regard to the number of cases of influenza among the insured population during the periods in question. The only available statistics on the matter are those contained in the Registrar-General's weekly returns, from which it appears that the number of deaths registered in 107 great towns in England and Wales as being due to influenza was 5,347 during the first eight weeks of 1929 as against 582 during the first eight weeks of 1930. Taking these figures as an indication of the number of cases of influenza amongst the insured population during the two periods, it is clear that the position this year was very much better than in 1929.