HC Deb 06 February 1956 vol 548 cc153-4W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health how many persons, adults and children, per 1,000 of the population in England and Wales have had paralytic or non-paralytic poliomyelitis, fatal or otherwise, in the last five years.

Mr. Turton

The numbers of persons of all ages notified as suffering from poliomyelitis, expressed as a rate per 1,000 of the population in England and Wales are as follows:

Year Paralytic Non-Paralytic
1951 … .03 .02
1952 … .06 .03
1953 … .07 .04
1954 … .03 .01
1955* … .08 .06
* Provisional.