HC Deb 24 October 1963 vol 682 cc236-9W
Lord Balniel

asked the Minister of Health what percentage of children in each local health authority area have received smallpox vaccination and poliomyelitis immunisation.

Mr. Barber

The latest available figures are as follows:

SMALLPOX AND POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION PERCENTAGES
ENGLISH AUTHORITIES
Local Health Authority Smallpox Poliomyelitis
Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962
All in England 68 83
Bedfordshire 80 82
Berkshire 52 89
Buckinghamshire 53 83
Cambridgeshire 95 87
Cheshire 69 85
Cornwall 62 79
Cumberland 64 88
Derbyshire 41 78
Devon 68 95
Dorset 70 90
Durham 53 79
Essex 88 81
Gloucestershire 78 85
Hampshire 81 82
Herefordshire 73 82
Hertfordshire 79 86
Huntingdonshire 60 74
Isle of Ely 64 74
Isle of Scilly 53 65
Isle of Wight 62 87
Kent 79 77
Lancashire 70 82
Leicestershire 64 84
Lincs., Holland 62 85
Lincs., Kesteven 49 80
Lincs., Lindsey 55 79
London 80 76
Middlesex 76 84
Norfolk 62 81
Northamptonshire 64 82
Northumberland 54 89
Nottinghamshire 61 85
Oxfordshire 68 81
Peterborough, Soke of 63 82
Rutland 30 83
Salop 58 90
Somerset 82 82
Staffordshire 45 85

Local Health Authority Smallpox Poliomyelitis
Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962
Suffolk East 78 81
Suffolk West 73 81
Surrey 68 85
Sussex East 86 82
Sussex West 71 82
Warwickshire 74 85
Westmorland 90 81
Wiltshire 73 79
Worcestershire 75 86
Yorks., East Riding 72 86
Yorks., North Riding 50 77
Yorks., West Riding 60 78
Barnsley 54 70
Barrow-in-Furness 47 77
Bath 79 83
Birkenhead 59 72
Birmingham 67 90
Blackburn 44 68
Blackpool 74 78
Bolton 67 82
Bootle 41 64
Bournemouth 75 88
Bradford 65 74
Brighton 67 75
Bristol 95 87
Burnley 47 81
Burton-upon-Trent 43 80
Bury 82 69
Canterbury 87 91
Carlisle 79 89
Chester 34 75
Coventry 84 84
Croydon 88 93
Darlington 65 66
Derby 80 79
Dewsbury 77 77
Doncaster 60 83
Dudley 52 79
Eastbourne 52 83
East Ham 87 77
Exeter 76 95
Gateshead 68 79
Gloucester 43 78
Great Yarmouth 63 90
Grimsby 55 84
Halifax 76 66
Hastings 72 83
Huddersfield 81 82
Ipswich 58 87
Kingston-upon-Hull 43 86
Leeds 55 77
Leicester 42 81
Lincoln 77 90
Liverpool 58 72
Manchester 86 73
Middlesbrough 63 65
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 57 78
Northampton 70 80
Norwich 65 85
Nottingham 62 85
Oldham 48 84
Oxford 94 95
Plymouth 69 75

Local Health Authority Smallpox Poliomyelitis
Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962
Portsmouth 71 79
Preston 47 89
Reading 77 83
Rochdale 62 70
Rotherham 41 85
St. Helens 53 79
Salford 50 86
Sheffield 61 85
Smethwick 82 94
Southampton 55 84
Southend-on-Sea 77 85
Southport 71 86
South Shields 24 78
Stockport 86 76
Stoke-on-Trent 38 85
Sunderland 63 68
Tynemouth 31 79
Wakefield 65 73
Wallasey 61 81
Walsall 58 81
Warrington 63 74
West Bromwich 62 81
West Ham 94 87
West Hartlepool 47 83
Wigan 21 95
Wolverhampton 78 66
Worcester 92 84
York 56 77

WELSH AUTHORITIES
Local Health Authority Smallpox Poliomyelitis
Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962
All in Wales 85 82
Anglesey 69 78
Brecon 95 87
Caernarvon 62 85
Cardigan 75 73
Carmarthen 85 81
Denbigh 62 77
Flint 30 84
Glamorgan 95 83
Merioneth 60 82
Monmouth 95 83
Montgomery 52 91
Pembroke 77 78
Radnor 61 78
Cardiff 95 83
Merthyr Tydfil 73 70
Newport 60 77
Swansea 85 87

ENGLAND AND WALES
Smallpox Poliomyelitis
Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962
70 83

NOTES:

1.For smallpox the number of children under two, vaccinated in 1962, has been expressed as a percentage of the live births in 1961.

2.For poliomyelitis the number of persons born in 1943 to 1962 inclusive who had completed primary immunisation by 31st December, 1962, has been expressed as a percentage of the estimated number of persons aged under 20.