§ Mr. TOUCHEasked the President of the Local Government Board if he could give any indication, by way of percentage or otherwise, of the approximate reduction in each year since 1st January, 1908, in the remuneration of vaccination officers arising from exemption certificates; and whether he proposes to take any steps to deal broadly and comprehensively with the cases of officers who have suffered serious pecuniary loss, and place their future remuneration on a satisfactory basis?
§ Mr. BURNSOwing to the variety in the fees paid to vaccination officers in different districts, I am not able to indicate the percentage reduction of the remuneration of these officers since 1907, but the number of vaccinations in England and Wales has declined from 695,147 in 1907 to 531,567 in 1910. I am endeavouring to deal with the cases of officers who have suffered serious pecuniary loss.
§ Mr. STEWARTasked the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the number of exemptions granted against vaccination in 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1911 respectively; and the number of un-vaccinated people in the United Kingdom, as far as can be estimated, at the present moment?
§ Mr. BURNSThe number of exemptions received by vaccination officers in England and Wales was as follows:—
There are no data upon which an estimate of the number of unvaccinated persons in the population can be made.
1908 … … 162,799 1909 … … 190,689 1910 … … 230,947 1911 (first half) … … 119,335