§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health how many cases of diphtheria have occurred in Birmingham in partly or fully immunised children during the years 1932, 1933 and 1934; and what interval elapsed between the last inoculation and the attack of diphtheria?
Sir H. YOUNGThe following particulars have been supplied by the local authority:
1934; how many of the cases were fatal; and what was the interval after immunisation which elapsed before the attack of diphtheria?
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Sir H. YOUNGThe following is the information furnished by the local authority on this subject. The number of cases of diphtheria occurring in children under 15 years of age who had received inoculation intended to be protective against diphtheria was as follows:
1933 … … … … 26 1934 … … … … 27 Of the 26 cases in 1933, two died; of the 27 cases in 1934, five died. All these cases were inoculated in 1932 and 1933, but were not proved to be immune by the Schick Test. No children who had been proved to be immune by means of the Schick Test have developed diphtheria during the period mentioned.
The following table shows the length of time which elapsed between the date of the last inoculation and the development. of the disease in the cases mentioned above:
Months. 1933. 1934. 3 … … … 3 — 4 … … … 2 1 5 … … … — 1 6 … … … 1 — 7 … … … 1 — 8 … … … 3 — 9 … … … 2 — 10 … … … — — 11 … … … — 3 12 … … … 1 5 13 … … … 1 — 14 … … … 2 2 15 … … … 3 — 16 … … … — 1 17 … … … — 3 18 … … … 5 — 19 … … … 1 1 20 … … … 1 1 21 … … … — 5 22 … … … — — 23 … … … — 2 24 … … … — — 25 … … … — 1 26 … … … — — 27 … … … — — 28 … … … — 1 … … … 26 27