HC Deb 30 June 1952 vol 503 c9W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health how many children were immunised against diphtheria in 1950 and in 1951.

Mr. Iain Macleod

517,436 and 589,349, respectively.

Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health the date of the introduction of boosting operations for diphtheria immunisation.

Mr. Iain Macleod

Boosting operations under the scheme of mass immunisation which started in 1941 began about 1945.

Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health in what year immunisation of children under one year of age started.

Mr. Iain Macleod

Mass immunisation against diphtheria of children under fifteen started in 1941 in England and Wales.

Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health how many cases of diphtheria and deaths from that disease have been recorded in 1950 and 1951 in persons of 15 years of age and over.

Mr. Iain Macleod

In 1950—299 cases and 14 deaths; in 1951—173 cases and nine deaths. These figures relate to England and Wales.

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