HC Deb 29 April 1948 vol 450 cc72-4W
82. Mr. Skeffington-Lodge

asked the Minister of Health whether he will furnish figures showing the trends in regard to the death rate and the chief notifiable diseases, compared with the most satisfactory statistics for prewar years.

Mr. Bevan

Following is the answer:

ENGLAND AND WALES.
A.—Crude death rates (all causes) and case and death rates for chief notifiable diseases.
Years 1938, 1939, 1945 and 1946.
Year All Causes Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever Cerebr-spinaJ fever Scarlet fever Whooping cough
Death rate. Case rate. Death rate. Case rate. Death rate. Case rate. Death rate. Case rate. Death rate.
1938 … 11.6 .03 .003 .03 .016 2.41 .008 ? .026
1939 … 12.1 .04 .003 .03 .012 1.88 .004 ? .030
1945 … 12.6 .01 .001 .05 .014 1.89 .002 1.64 .018
1946 … 12.0 .03 .001 .05 .012 1.38 .001 2.28 .020

Year. All Causes. Measles. Diphtheria. Acute Poliomyelitis and Acute Polioencephalitis. Dysentery.
Death rate. Case rate. Death rate. Case rate. Death rate. Case rate. Death rate. Case rate. Death rate
1938 … 11.6 ? .037 1.58 .069 .04 .006 .10 .003
1939 … 12.1 ? .007 1.14 .052 .02 .003 .05 .002
1945 … 12.6 11.67 .019 0.46 .018 .02 .003 .39 .004
1946 … 12.0 3.93 .005 0.29 .011 .02 .003 .19 .003

B.—Total deaths (including non-civilians) from Respiratory Tuberculosis and Pneumonia.
Year. Respiratory Tuberculosis. Pneumonia all forms.
1938 … … 21,282 27,497
1939 … … 21,542 23,403
1645 … … 20,013 19,984
1646 … … 19,365 20,215

C.—Death and notification rates per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
Year. Puerperal fever and pyrexia.
Case Kate. Death Rate.
1938 … … 14.41 0.70
1939 … … 14.48 0.63
1945 … … 10.02 0.24
1946 … … 8.50 8.18
Notes—
1. Rates for 1938 are based on civilian and non-civilian data and for 1939, 1945 and 1940, on civilian data only.
2 Rates for notifiable diseases for 1938 and 1939 are based on original notifications; those for 1945 and 1946 are based on original notifications corrected for later amendments of diagnosis.
3. The number of cases of whooping cough and measles in 1938 and 1939 is not available. Notification of these diseases was not compulsory until 1940.