§ Mr. R. Daviesasked the Minister of Health if he will give the figures covering the incidence of typhoid in this and other countries for the last year before the outbreak of the present war for which such statistics are available.
§ Mr. WillinkThe last year before the war for which figures for other countries are available was 1937. The numbers of cases of typhoid fever in this and other countries during that year were as follows:
England and Wales … … 2,150* Australia … … 343* Belgium … … 244 Bulgaria … … 4,509* Canada … … 2,347* Chile … … 1,757 Czecho-Slovakia … … 7,461 Denmark … … 47 Egypt … … 5,209* Finland … … 499 France … … 5,868* Germany … … 3,051 Greece … … 6,266* Italy … … 32,131 Japan … … 38,542 Netherlands … … 237 New Zealand … … 45 Norway … … 44 Portugal … … 4,244* Roumania … … 7,379* Sweden … … 113 Switzerland … … 74 Union of South Africa … … 4,205 U.S.A. … … 16,033 Uruguay … … 500* Yugoslavia … … 6,250 * Including paratyphoid fevers.