§ Sir W. Edgeasked the Minister of Health, in view of his appeal to chemists to recommend parents to have their children immunised against diphtheria, to 1899W what extent this disease is increasingly prevalent; and whether such increase is especially noticeable in any particular areas.
§ Mr. WillinkThe incidence of diphtheria is decreasing. I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdonshire (Dr. Peters) on 14th June last.