HC Deb 29 April 1931 vol 251 cc1637-8W
Mr. FREEMAN

asked 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?

Dr. SHIELS

As 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.