HC Deb 04 April 1911 vol 23 c1996
Mr. SAMUEL ROBERTS

asked the President of the Local Government Board what were the number of declarations of conscientious objection to vaccination made, under the Act of 1907, in the city of Sheffield for the years 1908, 1909, and 1910, respectively, and their percentages to births in each of those years?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. J. H. Lewis)

I am unable to give the numbers of statutory declarations of conscientious objection to vaccination made in the city of Sheffield, but the figures for the two Poor Law Unions of Ecclesall Bierlow and Sheffield, which include the city, and to which the city contributes about 96 per cent. of the population, are as follows:—

Declarations. Percentage of Declarations to Births.
1908 … … 1,047 … … 7.1
1909 … … 1,537 … … 11.1
1910 … … 2,026 … … 15.3