§ Mr. Grovesasked the Minister of Health how many children under five years of age during the years 1933 to 1936 were immunised against diphtheria at Huddersfield; and whether any of the 263 cases of diphtheria in Huddersfield of children under five years of age recorded in those years had been immunised?
§ Sir K. WoodI am informed by the Local Authority that 1,252 children under five years of age were immunised against diphtheria in Huddersfield in the years 1933–36 inclusive, and that of the 263 cases of diphtheria recorded in the same period in children of that age group, seven were children who had been immunised.