DIPHTHERIA.

HC Deb 20 January 1942 vol 377 c234W

Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health what was the diphtheria death rate, per million, at ages under 15 years in 1938, 1939, and 1940?

Mr. E. Brown

The number of deaths from diphtheria per million children under 15 years of age was 306 in 1938, 227 in 1939, and 265 in 1940.