§ Mr. Leachasked the Minister of Health what arrangement has been made between the Registrar General and medical officers of health and fever hospital doctors in the London area in regard to diphtheria notifications; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the records are comparable with those of the years prior to the new arrangements coming into operation.
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§ Mr. WillinkArrangements have lately been made by which all Medical Officers of Health, while continuing to make weekly returns of notifications of infectious diseases to the Registrar General, will in future also furnish quarterly returns in a form providing for correction of erroneous notifications received during the quarter. The figures before and after revision will be published by the Registrar General. Until these arrangements have been tested it cannot be said whether such steps as my hon. Friend suggests in the last part of the question will be required.