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Mr. Viant
asked the Minister of Health what was the death rate per 1,000,000 living under the age of 15 years from the following diseases: scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough and measles for the years 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944.
Mr. Bevan
The information desired by my hon. Friend is as follows:
| Death rates per million living under the age of 15 years. | |||||
| Cause. | 1940. | 1941. | 1942. | 1943. | 1944*. |
| Scarlet Fever. | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| Diphtheria. | 266 | 280 | 192 | 134 | 92 |
| Whooping Cough. | 78 | 279 | 94 | 129 | 121 |
| Measles | 95 | 128 | 53 | 86 | 28 |
| * Rates for 1944 are provisional. | |||||