HC Deb 09 April 1925 vol 182 cc2462-3W
Mr. GROVES

asked the Minister of Health whether he will publish a statement showing the percentage of vaccinations per births, the total number of smallpox deaths registered, the small-pox death rate per 10,000 of population from 1872 to 1924, and the total number of small-pox deaths for London for the same years, with the small-pox death rate per 10,000 and the percentage of the births vaccinated?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The figures, so far as available, are as follow:

Year. England and Wales. London.*
Vaccinations per cent. of Births. Smallpox Deaths. Smallpox Death-Rate per 10,000 population. Vaccinations per cent. of Births. Smallpox Deaths. Smallpox Death-Rate per 10,000 population.
1885 … … 84˙7 2,827 1 83˙5 1,317 3˙3
1886 … … 83˙4 275 ˙1 82˙0 20 ˙1
1887 … … 82˙8 506 ˙2 80˙6 9 ˙0
1888 … … 81˙7 1,026 ˙4 79˙8 9 ˙0
1889 … … 79˙8 23 ˙0 78˙6 1 ˙0
1890 … … 78˙0 16 ˙0 75˙5 3 ˙0
1891 … … 75˙8 49 ˙0 73˙2 8 ˙0
1892 … … 74˙5 431 ˙2 71˙6 29 ˙1
1893 … … 72˙3 1,457 ˙5 70˙7 186 ˙0
1894 … … 70˙4 820 ˙3 69˙4 89 ˙2
1895 … … 67˙8 223 ˙1 64˙2 55 ˙1
1896 … … 66˙0 541 ˙2 63˙0 9 ˙0
1897 … … 62˙4 25 ˙0 60˙1 16 ˙0
1898 … … 61˙0 253 ˙1 53˙8 1 ˙0
1899 … … 66˙4 174 ˙1 58˙8 3 ˙0
1900 … … 68˙7 85 ˙0 61˙7 4 ˙0
1901 … … 71˙4 356 ˙1 64˙3 229 ˙5
1902 … … 54˙8 2,464 ˙8 68˙0 1,314 2˙9
1903 … … 75˙4 760 ˙2 68˙9 13 ˙0
1904 … … 75˙3 507 ˙2 69˙7 25 ˙1
1905 … … 75˙8 116 ˙0 70˙7 10 ˙0
1906 … … 73˙4 21 ˙0 68˙1 — —
1907 … … 70˙9 10 ˙0 65˙9 — —
1908 … … 63˙2 12 ˙0 63˙0 — —
1909 … … 59˙8 21 ˙0 61˙7 2 ˙0
1910 … … 55˙9 19 ˙0 58˙4 — —
1911 … … 52˙3 23 ˙0 54˙8 9 ˙0
1912 … … 50˙1 9 ˙0 52˙2 1 ˙0
1913 … … 46˙5 10 ˙0 48˙3 — —
1914 … … 44˙6 4 ˙0 45˙8 — —
1915 … … 45˙5 13 ˙0 48˙0 3 ˙0
1916 … … 44˙7 18 ˙0 47˙4 — —
1917 … … 43˙3 3 ˙0 45˙6 — —
1918 … … 41˙5 2 ˙0 45˙7 — —
1919 … … 40˙6 28 ˙0 45˙0 6 ˙0
1920 … … 39˙5 30‡ ˙0 45˙6 4 ˙0
1921 … … 38˙3 5 ˙0 43˙0 1 ˙0
1922 … … 40˙3 27 ˙0 45˙7 20 ˙0
1923 … … † 7 ˙0 † 1 ˙0
1924 … … † 13 ˙0 † — —
* The Administrative and Registration counties of London were made coextensive in 1901. The figures for earlier years relate to the Registration counties.
† The figures for 1923–24 are not yet available.
‡ In addition one death certified as Influenza and so classified was regarded by the Ministry of Health as definitely ascribable to haemorrhagic smallpox.