HC Deb 28 July 1953 vol 518 cc142-3W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health how many deaths from pneumonia, all forms, were registered in each of the years 1941 to the last year for which such records are available.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The information is as follows:

1941 26,666
1942 21,087
1943 25,014
1944 20,295
1945 20,205
1946 20,478
1947 22,950
1948 17,831
1949 21,001
1950 18,416
1951 23,442
1952 19,521*
* Provisional.