HC Deb 08 March 1926 vol 192 c1944W
Mr. WHITELEY

asked the Minister of Health how many deaths from influenza, measles, diphtheria, scarlet fever and enteric fever were registered in the year 1925?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

Reliable 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