§ Sir P. DAWSONasked the Minister of Health the number of cases of encephalitis lethargica reported during the 12 months ended 30th May, 1924; the number reported during the corresponding period of the preceding year; and the total number of deaths in the periods mentioned?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYThe figures for the actual periods mentioned in the question are not available, but the following table gives the particulars required for each quarter in 1922 and 1923 and for the first 20 weeks of the present year:
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Encephalitis Lethargica. Notifications. 1922. 13 weeks ended. England and Wales. 1st April … 140 1st July … 132 30th September … 89 30th December 1923. … 93 31st March … 448 30th June … 279 29th September … 144 29th December 1924. … 154 29th March … 753 17th May (7 weeks ended) … 1,715*
Deaths. 1922. Quarter ended. England, and Wales. 31st March … 95 30th June … 96 30th September … 82 31st December 1923. … 66 31st March … 188 30th June … 167 30th September … 90 31st December 1924. … 86 31st March … 229† 17th May (7 weeks ended) … ? * Uncorrected. † Approximate The notifications in England and Wales during the 52 weeks ended 2nd June, 1923, were 868, and during the 50 weeks ended 17th May, 1924, were 2,829.*
Uncorrected figures for last seven weeks (see above).