§ Mr. A. Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of diphtheria and deaths from that disease were recorded in Edinburgh in each year from the year in which immunisation was introduced down to the latest date for which the figures are available, in immunised children, and their ages?
Mr. JohnstonI am informed that the figures desired by the hon. Member are not available for the City of Edinburgh.
§ Mr. A. Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of diphtheria in immunised, and non-immunised children, respectively, were recorded in the county of Aberdeen in the years 1938, 1939, and 1940; and whether any of these were fatal?
Mr. JohnstonThe required figures are:—
— 1938. 1939. 1940. Cases of Diphtheria in non-immunised children. 186 149 114 Number of deaths in non-immunised children. 11 7 3 Cases of Diphtheria in immunised children. 42 16 7 Number of deaths in immunised children. nil. nil. nil.