Rabies

HC Deb 28 November 1955 vol 546 c163W

Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health how many cases of rabies and deaths from that disease have been recorded in Britain each year since 1900.

Mr. Iain Macleod

Deaths from rabies were recorded as shown in the years included in the following table. I understand that the disease is invariably fatal.

Year					Deaths
1902	…	…	…	…	2
1910	…	…	…	…	1
1911	…	…	…	…	1
1946	…	…	…	…	1
1947	…	…	…	…	1
1955	…	…	…	…	1