§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health whether deaths are registered as due to tonsillitis; and, if so, how many were recorded in England and Wales during the last five years?
§ Mr. E. BrownTonsillitis is not separately identified in the international list of causes of death adopted as the basis of classification in this country; but deaths therefrom are included and constitute the major portion of those under the heads "septic sore throat" or "other diseases of the pharynx and tonsils" in respect of which specific mention of tonsils or tonsillectomy is made in the death certificate. The numbers of such deaths registered in England and Wales in the four years 1939 to 1942 were 512, 478, 386 and 404 respectively. The information is not available for years prior to 1939.