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Lieut.-Colonel Elliot
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the notifications and the deaths, respectively, for scarlet fever in each of the years from 1935 to 1946.
Mr. Westwood
following are the figures:
| SCARLET FEVER. | |||
| Year. | Number of Notifications. | Number of Deaths. | |
| 1935 | … | 22,670 | 199 |
| 1936 | … | 18,320 | 172 |
| 1937 | … | 20,493 | 123 |
| 1938 | … | 19,605 | 98 |
| 1939 | … | 12,023 | 47 |
| 1940 | … | 8,353 | 35 |
| 1941 | … | 8,760 | 26 |
| 1942 | … | 13,792 | 24 |
| 1943 | … | 14,722 | 22 |
| 1944 | … | 12,657 | 18 |
| 1945 | … | 11,654 | 15 |
| 1946 | … | 9,774 | 5 |
173,020 men and 11,840 women. I will circulate a detailed statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the statement: