Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever (Hansard, 13 October 1942)

HC Deb 13 October 1942 vol 383 c1503W 1503W

§ Sir E. Graham-Little
asked the Minister of Health the incidence of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in Great Britain during the past five years?

§ Mr. E. Brown
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever became separately notifiable only towards the end of last year. The number of cases notified in England and Wales in the past five years has been:—1937, 2,150; 1938, 1,321; 1939, 1479; 1940, 2,848; 1941, 4,762. In 1941 there was an exceptional outbreak in the Liverpool district.