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Lieut.-Colonel Elliot
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the notifications and the deaths, respectively, for measles in each of the years from 1935 to 1946.
Mr. Westwood
The following are the figures:
| MEASLES. | |||
| Year | Number of Notifications. | Number of Deaths (All Scotland). | |
| 1935 | … | 7,891 | 141 |
| 1936 | … | 30,981 | 610 |
| 1937 | … | 7,543 | 119 |
| 1938 | … | 26,383 | 549 |
| 1939 | … | 3,516 | 15 |
| 1940 | … | 26,125 | 262 |
| 1941 | … | 4,467 | 103 |
| 1942 | … | 17,888 | 144 |
| 1943 | … | 13,601 | 88 |
| 1944 | … | 13,900 | 46 |
| 1945 | … | 12,714 | 89 |
| 1946 | … | 17,503 | 85 |
Measles is not generally notifiable in Scotland but only in certain areas under local arrangements. About one half of the 55 local health authorities have made such arrangements covering rather more than three-fifths of the population.