HC Deb 01 August 1935 vol 304 cc2875-6W
Mr. GROVES

asked the Minister of Health how many cases of diphtheria have occurred in Liverpool during the last seven years in children who had been previously inoculated against that disease; and whether any of the cases have proved fatal?

Sir K. WOOD

The following is the information supplied by the local authority:

Number of children under 10 years of age inoculated from 1928 to 1934 inclusive 19,504
Number of cases of diphtheria occuring in these children 60
Number of fatal cases 4