HC Deb 18 February 1944 vol 397 cc506-7W
Mr. Leach

asked the Minister of Health what was the diphtheria mortality per 100,000 living in Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby, in the years 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942.

Mr. Willink

The information for which my hon. Friend asks is as follows:

Diphtheria mortality per 100,000 population.
— Sheffield C.B. Nottingham C.B. Derby C.B.
1938 … 5.5 1.1 4.2
1939 … 4.6 1.1 10.3
1940 … 7.7 3.8 11.6
1941 … 11.2 4.9 7.7
1942 … 7.7 4.2 0.8

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