§ 41. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a comprehensive statement on the incidence in Scotland of poliomyelitis, indicating age groups and areas, and on the results which have followed the tests 479 and application of the new anti-poliomyelitis vaccine recommended by the Department of Health for Scotland, to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. J. StuartIn the four weeks to 13th October, 1956, there were 57 provisional notifications of poliomyelitis, of which I will circulate details in the OFFICIAL REPORT. About 34,000 children were vaccinated during May and June last, but it is too early to assess the results of these vaccinations. A detailed
| POLIOMYELITIS—SCOTLAND | |||||||
| Provisional Notifications—4 weeks to 13th October, 1956 | |||||||
| Area | Age Groups | ||||||
| All Ages | Under 1 | 1–4 | 5–14 | 15–24 | 25–34 | 35– | |
| 1956 | |||||||
| Lanark County | 11 | — | — | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Glasgow Burgh | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Edinburgh Burgh | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ross and Cromarty County. | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Fife County | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Ayr County | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Dumfries County | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Midlothian | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Moray and Nairn | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Perth and Kinross | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Wigtown County | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Aberdeen Burgh | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Coatbridge Burgh | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dumbarton Burgh | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dunfermline Burgh | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh. | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Perth Burgh | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Aberdeen County | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Argyll County | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dunbarton County | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| East Lothian | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Inverness County | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Stirling County | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Zetland | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 57 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 |