§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health whether he will publish details of the 53 small-pox deaths registered in 1928, giving the age, vaccinal condition, and any other cause of death, if any, mentioned on the certificate; which of these 53 deaths will be omitted when the total of small-pox deaths is made up for 1928; and what system is followed in the allocation of deaths to small-pox or some other cause?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINParticulars relating to the 53 smallpox deaths registered in 1928 will, so far as they are available, be published in the Chief792W Medical Officer's Annual Report for that year. These 53 deaths are the deaths which have been finally classified to smallpox for the purposes of the Registrar-General's Mortality Statistics. The system of classification adopted by the Registrar-General is in accordance with the International List of Causes of Death and the rules for the assignment of causes which are based on international usage.