Respiratory Diseases (Deaths)

HC Deb 24 June 1959 vol 607 c143W

Mr. Sydney Irving

asked the Minister of Health what was the number of deaths from respiratory diseases in the first three months of 1959 compared with the first three months of 1958, in the South Eastern Metropolitan Region.

Mr. Walker-Smith

Precise figures for deaths in the South-East Metropoltian Region Hospital Area are not available. Estimated figures for deaths due in influenza, pneumonia and bronchitis in the first three months of 1958 and 1959 are as follows:

—	1958	1959
January	…	…	…	1,089	651
February	…	…	…	655	1,442
March	…	…	…	632	1,080
				2,376	3,173

Provisional figures (based on registrations of deaths reported weekly by registrars of births and deaths to the Registrar General).