§ Mr. R. BEAUMONTasked the Minister of Health the number of cases in which conscientious objection to vaccination of infants has taken place in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage these figures bear to the birth-rate in each of those years?
Sir H. YOUNGThe particulars asked for are as follow:
Number of Statutory-Declarations of Conscientious Objection. Number of Declarations as Pecentage of Births registered. 1923 280,252 37.0 1924 271,176 37.2 1925 292,417 41.2 1926 284,122 40.9 1927 266,668 40.8 1928 280,815 42.5 1929 287,753 44.7 1930 295,792 45.6 1931 294,695 46.6 1932 291,015 47.4