§ Mr. Granvilleasked the Minister of Health what proportion of the old age pension public assistance institutions are
ENGLAND AND WALES. Diphtheria Scarlet Fever. Measles. Whooping Cough. Chicken Pox. † Cases notified. Deaths. Cases notified. Deaths. Cases notified. Deaths. Cases notified. Deaths. Deaths. 1936 … 57,795 3,003 104,862 440 Not notifiable 2,593 Not notifiable 1,918 23 1937 … 61,341 2,898 95,735 305 Not notifiable 980 Not notifiable 1,600 19 1938 … 65,008 2,861 99,278 311 Not notifiable 1,524 Not notifiable 1,052 18 1939 … 47,343 2,133 78,101 181 Not notifiable 303 Not notifiable 1,229 18 1940 … 46,280 2,480 65,302 154 409,521 857 53,607 678 10 1941 … 50,804 2,641 59,433 133 499,7I5 1,145 173,330 2,383 28 1942 … 41,404 1,827 85,084 104 286,341 458 66,016 799 16 1943 … 34,662 1,371 116,034 134 376,104 773 96,136 1,114 19 1944* … 23,109 934 92,671 107 158,479 243 94,044 1,054 24 1945* … 18,596 722 73,687 84 446,796 729 62,691 689 9 * Notifications for years 1944 and 1945 include corrections of diagnoses made at Infectious Diseases Hospitals; material for an exact comparison with the years 1936–943 is not available. † Chicken pox is not a notifiable disease.