§ Mr. FREEMANasked the Minister of Health whether he will give particulars of the death rate from diphtheria in the United States of America, Germany, England and Wales, Scotland and
TABLE showing Death rate from Diphtheria per 10,000 population in certain countries for the years 1920–1928. Country. Year. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. England and Wales 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 Scotland 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 United States of America (a). 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 Germany (b) 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 Male 0.4 0.5 Not available. (including deaths from Croup). Female 0.3 0.4 Canada (c) Not available. 2.0 1.6 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.0 (a) Rates for years 1920–1926 are taken from "Mortality Statistics, 1926" and relate to Registration Area of 1920. Rates for years 1927 and 1928 are taken from Public Health Reports No. 51, 1929, and relate to Registration Area of 1928. (b) The rates given refer to deaths from diphtheria and from croup, and in respect of the years 1920–25 are taken from "Die Beweguug des Bevölkerung im Jahre, 1924," and relate to the Deutsches Reich: the rates for 1926 and 1927 are taken from "Statistisches Jahrbuch fur das Deutsche Reich, 1929," and are exclusive of the Saargebiet. (c) The rates given for the years 1921–1926 are taken from "Vital Statistics, 1926," and relate to Registration Area as of 1921, i.e. excluding Provinces of Quebec, Yukon and North West Territory; the figures for 1927 and 1928 are taken from "Preliminary Vital Statistics," 1927 and 1928, and relate to Registration Area as above but including Porvince of Quebec.