§ Mr. WHITELEYasked the Minister of Health how many deaths from influenza, measles, diphtheria, scarlet fever and enteric fever were registered in the year 1925?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINReliable figures are not yet available, but the provisional figures derived from the Registrars' quarterly returns are as follow:
Disease. Provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales, 1925. Influenza … … 12,587 Measles … … 5,221 Diphtheria … … 2,716 Scarlet fever … … 981 Enteric fever … … 373