§ Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Health the number of small-pox cases that Have been notified in the London area during the past three weeks; the districts from which these cases have been reported; and the number of adults amongst such cases?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe total number of cases of small-pox notified in the administrative County of London during the three weeks ended 16th March, 1929, was 39, namely:
Notified during the three weeks ended 16th March in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Number of cases of Small-pox (Provisional figures) Bethnal Green 2 Finsbury 4 Holborn 1 Islington 1 Lambeth 4 Poplar 9 St. Pancras 2 South wark 3 Stepney 13 Total 39 I understand that 15 of these notifications were in respect of persons of the age of 21 years or over.