§ Mr. FREEMANasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of cases of small-pox notified in Northern and Southern Rhodesia separately in each of the years 1926 to 1930; whether any deaths were recorded from that disease in those years; and, if so, how many in each year?
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§ Dr. SHIELSAs regards Northern Rhodesia, the following table gives the information available at the Colonial Office:
Northern Rhodesia. Cases notified. Deaths notified. 1926 … 306 8 1927 … 1,241 282 1928 … 4,042 267 1929 … 3,856 302 1930 … not yet received. not yet received. As regards Southern Rhodesia, I have ascertained from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs that the corresponding figures are, according to the information available in the Dominions Office, as follow:
Southern Rhodesia. Cases notified. Deaths registered. 1926 … 1 — 1927 … 10 1 1928 … 255 5 1929 … 431 not known. 1930 … information not yet received. information not yet received.