§ Mr. BROADasked the Minister of Health whether the Registrar-General will revise his figures for 1924 in regard to small-pox deaths, in the light of the in formation given in the recent Report of Sir George Newman, in which five of the small-pox deaths are transferred to other classifications, it being the opinion of the certifying doctor that small-pox was not the cause of death?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI understand that in the case of all the deaths in question, small-pox is certified by the certifying doctor as being one of the causes of death. In such cases, the selection from among several certified causes of the particular cause under which the death is classified for statistical purposes is governed by general rules, based upon international agreement, which in this country provide that deaths should be classed to small-pox if this disease is included among the certified causes. I see no reason for revising the classification in the case of these particular deaths, especially since full information regarding them is already given in the Chief Medical Officer's Report.