§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health whether he will state the number of vaccinations and revaccinations performed at the public expense from the year 1937 to the year 1947; what record he keeps of revaccinations performed at the public expense since 1947; whether he will give the number for each year to date.
§ Mr. TurtonThe information asked for in the first part of the Question is not fully available. The number of children in England and Wales born during the years 1937 to 1946 who were reported as successfully vaccinated during those years were:—
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Years Number of children 1937 … … … 207,323 1938 … … … 215,096 1939 … … … 197,267 1940 … … … 187,841 1941 … … … 204,465 1942 … … … 259,140 1943 … … … 272,505 1944 … … … 296,104 1945 … … … 278,453 1946 … … … 342,996 No later figures are available until July, 1948 Since July, 1948, I have received returns from local health authorities giving the numbers of persons vaccinated and re-vaccinated in their areas through National Health Service arrangements. The numbers are as follows:
Years Numbers primarily vaccinated Number re-vaccinated 5th July–31st December— 1948 92,128 17,462 1949 221,784 52,808 1950 284,366 85,460 *1951 406,960 317,109 1952 314,701 107,146 †1953 474,366 233,609 1954 304,560 73,871 1955 309,016 72,602 * There were, in addition, 37,708 vaccinations and re-vaccinations which cannot be classified. † There were, in addition, 11,375 vaccinations and re-vaccinations which cannot be classified.