§ Mr. LUPTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the number of cases of Malta fever, and also of simple continued fever, which has occurred among the civil population of Malta during each of the years from 1897 to 1908 inclusive?
§ Colonel SEELYThe number of cases of Mediterranean fever and of simple continued fever in the years mentioned is as follows:—
Year. Mediterranean Fever. Simple Continued Fever. 1897 568 107 1898 510 125 1899 822 114 1900 642 80 1901 624 60 1902–3 (financial year) 589 66 1903–4 (financial year) 573 35 1904–5 (financial year) 663 26 1905–6 (financial year) 822 22 1906–7 (financial year) 714 42 1907–8 (financial year) 501 5 1908–9 (financial year) 463 11