HC Deb 23 May 1944 vol 400 c590W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health whether he has any information as to the incidence of diphtheria in Germany during the past winter.

Mr. Willink

The only information I have at present relates to periods of five consecutive weeks in October and November last, one week in December, and one in February. In these seven weeks there was a total of 56,658 recorded cases of diphtheria in Germany.