HC Deb 06 July 1959 vol 608 cc89-90W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health how many cases of poliomyelitis occurred in Islington recently; how many were paralytic; how many were non-paralytic; how many of the cases were fatal; and how many of the cases had been inoculated.

Mr. Walker-Smith

Since the beginning of 1959 there have been 37 confirmed cases: 28 were paralytic and 9 nonparalytic, and 4 were fatal. Three of the 37 had had two doses of poliomyelitis vaccine.