HC Deb 09 November 1945 vol 415 cc1713-4W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health whether he will give estimates by the medical officer of health of each Metropolitan borough of the proportion of immunised children in the borough, under five and ages five to 15, on 31st December last, similar to the statement made by his predecessor on 15th October, 1942.

Mr. Bevan

The following statement gives the available estimates, by Medical Officers of Health of Metropolitan Boroughs, of the proportions of immunised children on 31st December, 1944.

Statistics in this form are only approximations, subject to the variable population conditions of wartime.

Borough Approximate estimate of proportion of children immunised at 31.12.44
Age under 5. Age 5–15.
% %
Battersea 36 61
Bermondsey 58 38
Bethnal Green 34 37
Camberwell 37 37
Chelsea 91 80
Deptford 35 70
Finsbury 45 74
Fulham 55 79
Greenwich 47 26
Hackney 51 37
Hammersmith 60 68
Hampstead 48 75
Holborn 65 60
Islington 50 80
Kensington 60 60
Lambeth 34 75
Lewisham 46 77
Paddington 48 62
Poplar 35 50
St. Marylebone 78 72
St Pancras 40 39
Shoreditch 52 46
Southwark 50 37
Stepney 32 59
Stoke Newington 56 76
Wandsworth 78 53
Westminster 36 35
Woolwich 76 75