§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health if he has any information and can give details of the cases of small-pox notified and deaths recorded in Japan for the last 20 years for which the figures have been issued?
Sir H. YOUNGThe following are the figures asked for:
Japan Proper. (Taken from Annual Reports of the Sanitary Bureau of the Home Department of the Imperial Japanese Government). — Cases Notified. Deaths Recorded. 1912 … … 14 1 1913 … … 108 39 1914 … … 485 110 1915 … … 17 3 1916 … … 266 48 1917 … … 5,122 1,158 1918 … … 1,469 285 1919 … … 4,056 1,115 1920 … … 3,167 844 1921 … … 889 212 1922 … … 679 124 1923 … … 1,922 381 1924 … … 1,703 266 1925 … … 430 81 1926 … … 1,256 174 1927 … … 352 92 1928 … … 723 110 1929 … … 114 12 1930 … … 7 2 1931 … … 23 1