§ 2. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Scotland are now afflicted by poliomyelitis; their ages; where they are; and how these figures compare with the figures for the last convenient period of 1954.
The Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Commander T. D. Galbraith)I shall, with permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing by areas, and in age groups, the distribution of the 32 provisional notifications of poliomyelitis received during the four weeks ended 25th December, 1954, and the 14 provisional notifications received
| POLIOMYELITIS | ||||||||||
| Areas | Age groups of cases notified during the four weeks, to 25th December, 1954 | Age groups of cases notified during the four weeks ended 22nd January, 1955 | ||||||||
| Under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and over | All ages | Under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and over | All ages | |
| COUNTIES OF | ||||||||||
| Aberdeen | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Angus | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Clackmannan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Fife | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kincardine | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Midlothian | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moray and Nairn | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Renfrew | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Ross and Cromarty | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Roxburgh | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stirling | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Lothian | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| LARGE BURGHS | ||||||||||
| Aberdeen | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Airdrie | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dundee | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Edinburgh | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glasgow | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 |
| Inverness | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| SCOTLAND | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 |