§ Major GLYNasked the Minister of Health whether, before his Department agrees to the maintenance of lunatics in cottage homes in rural areas, he will ascertain the opinions of the county councils, in view of the effect such a proposal would have in many villages?
§ Mr. GREENWOODAll relevant considerations will, of course, be borne in
DEATHS PROM DIPHTHERIA IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES FOR THE YEARS 1920–1928. Country. Year. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. England (excluding Monmouthshire). 5,150* 4,353 3,780 2,180 2,299 2,544 2,777 2,535 2,929 Wales and Monmouthshire 516* 419 295 242 202 230 217 197 262 Scotland 699 611 536 492 442 505 490 485 488 Canada† Not available 1,297 1,024 851 848 615 546 1,010 913 United States of America‡ 13,395* 15,520 13,104 11,044 8,726 7,403 7,114 8,426 8,263 Germany§ 7,891 5,953 4,490 4,413 3,624 2,799 2,189 2,612 Not available. * Including deaths from Croup. >† The figures for the years 1921–1926 are taken from "Vital Statistics," 1926, and relate to Registration Area as of 1921, i.e. excluding Provinces of Quebec, Yukon and North-West Territory; the figures for 1927 and 1928 are taken from "Preliminary Vital Statistics," 1927 and 1928, and relate) to Registration Area as above, but including Province of Quebec. ‡ The figures for the years 1920–1926 are taken from "Mortality Statistics," 1920–1926, and relate to Registration Area of 1920; the figures for years 1927 and 1928 are taken from Public Health Reports, No. 51, 1929, and relate to Registration Area of 1928. § The figures given refer to deaths from Diphtheria and Croup; they are taken from "Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, 1929," and are exclusive of the Saargebiet.