HC Deb 05 June 1946 vol 423 c330W
91. Lady Noel-Buxton

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will give details of the incidence of sleeping sickness in Tanganyika during the last 10 years.

Mr. George Hall

Five thousand three hundred and seventy-two cases of human sleeping sickness were reported in Tanganyika during the years 1936 to 1945 inclusive, of which 2,527 were fatal. Of 86 cases reported up to the end of April this year, 16 were fatal.