§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health whether he can state the death rate per million persons living aged one to five years in the year 1935 for smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria and croup, whooping-cough, and diarrhoea and dysentery; or, if not available for 1935, then for 1934?
§ Sir K. WOODThe figures in question are given in the following table:
England and Wales, 1935.
Mortality from causes shown of population over one and under five years of age.
Rate per 1,000,000. Smallpox — Measles 392 Scarlet Fever 94 Diphtheria and Croup 531 Whooping-cough 307 Diarrhoea and Dysentary 204