§ 40. Lieut.-Colonel Corbettasked the Secretary of State for War how many cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in each month of 1945 and 1946 amongst Army personnel in the Middle East and Palestine.
§ Mr. BellengerThe total cases since January, 1945, are 15 in Palestine and 32 in the remainder of M.E.L.F. With permission, I will circulate the monthly figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following are the monthly figures:
| — | Middle East. | Palestine. | |||
| 1945. | 1946. | 1945. | 1946. | ||
| January | … | nil | nil | nil | 1 |
| February | … | 1 | nil | nil | nil |
| March | … | nil | 1 | nil | nil |
| April | … | 1 | nil | nil | nil |
| May | … | nil | 1 | nil | 3 |
| June | … | 1 | 4 | 1 | nil |
| July | … | nil | 2 | nil | 2 |
| August | … | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| September | … | 1 | 6 | nil | 2 |
| October | … | 1 | 3 | 1 | nil |
| November | … | nil | nil | ||
| December | … | 2 | 3 |