§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health whether the figures relating to diphtheria notifications between January, 1940, and June, 1945, include any cases subsequently diagnosed as some other disease and not diphtheria.
§ Mr. BevanYes, Sir. The following table shows the original and corrected notifications of diphtheria during the period in question. The figures for and subsequent to 1944 reflect corrections made at infectious diseases hospitals; material for an exact comparison with the years 1940 to 1943 is not available.
Year Original Notifications. Corrected Notifications. 1940 … 47,165 46,280 1941 … 51,298 50,804 1942 … 42,580 41,404 1943 … 36,017 34,662 1944 … 29,949 23.199 1945 (January-June) … 11,993 8,881