§ Mr. Leachasked the Minister of Health what was the death rate per 1,000,000 persons living in each of the years 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941 from smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping-cough, enteric fever, cancer and diabetes?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe total death rate per million in England and Wales from the diseases to which my hon. Friend refers, was as follows: 43W
— 1938 1939 †1940 †1941 Smallpox 0 — — — Measles 40 7 21 28 Scarlet Fever 9 4 4 3 Diphtheria 71 51 60 64 Whooping Cough 27 29 16 57 Enteric Fever * 4 3 3 4 Cancer 1,665 1,620 1,662 1,670 Diabetes 173 124 129 117 * Enteric Fever includes Typhoid and Paratyphoid. †The rates for 1940 and 1941 are provisional. They are calculated on the total population of England and Wales for 1939.
§ Mr. Leachasked the Minister of Health what was the death rate per 1,000,000 living, under 15 years of age, in 1939. 1940 and 1941 from diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, whooping-cough and tuberculosis?
§ Mr. BrownThe death rate per million under 15 years of age in England and Wales from the diseases to which my hon. Friend refers, was, for the years 1939 and 1940, as follows:
—— 1939. 1940. Diphtheria … 227 265 Scarlet Fever … 15 12 Measles … 34 95 Whooping Cough … 140 78 Tuberculosis … 240 264 The rates for 1940 are provisional. No rates are yet available for age groups in 1941.