HC Deb 16 April 1940 vol 359 c800W
Mr. Groves

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of children under five years of age who have died as a result of small-pox for the past 15 years, and, for the corresponding period, the number of children at such age who have died as a result of vaccination?

Mr. Colville

No deaths of children under five years of age have been registered in Scotland as due to small-pox during the period 1924 to 1938. During the same period 10 deaths of children under five years of age have been registered in Scotland as due to the effects of vaccination.