HC Deb 30 November 1922 vol 159 cc917-8W
Mr. SCRYMGEOUR

asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, how many unvaccinated children under 12 years of age there are in Bethnal Green, Poplar, Stepney, and Lambeth, and how many of those children have taken small-pox in the recent outbreak?

Major BOYD-CARPENTER

It is not possible to say how many unvaccinated children under 12 years of age there are in these boroughs at the present time. The annual returns received by the Ministry show the numbers of newly-born children in each year who are vaccinated or unvaccinated, but no information is available as to subsequent removals or deaths. Five unvaccinated children under 12 years of age have contracted small-pox in these boroughs during the recent outbreak, and three of these cases were fatal.