HC Deb 12 May 1925 vol 183 cc1690-1W
Colonel DAY

asked the Minister of Health how many deaths have been registered during the half-year ending December last, from small-pox, measles, pneumonia, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and influenza?

Sir K. WOOD

For England and Wales, the figures asked for are as follow:

Small-pox … … 3*
Measles … … 1,317
Pneumonia … … 12,381
Scarlet fever … … 426
Diphtheria … … 1,205
Influenza … … 2,145

*In two of these. cases small-pox was entered by the medical practitioner as a contributory cause of death.