HC Deb 07 December 1950 vol 482 c78W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health how far cases recorded by the Registrar-General as smallpox notifications which afterwards are shown not to be that disease still appear in the returns as smallpox notifications.

Mr. Bevan

Figures in the Registrar-General's Weekly Returns relate to original notifications. Figures in the Registrar-General's other publications relate to corrected notifications except in so far as the numbers of original notifications are also given in them for purposes of comparison.