§ Mr. Brookeasked the Minister of Health whether he can give any figures showing the proportion of children in each Metropolitan borough who have so far been immunised against diphtheria?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe following statement gives estimates by the medical officer of health of each Metropolitan Borough, of the proportion of immunised children in the borough on the 30th June last. My hon. Friend will appreciate that under present conditions populations are too unstable to permit of accurate statistical statement in this form.
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Borough. Approximate estimate of proportion of children immunised at 30–6–42. Age under 5. Age 5–15. Per cent. Per cent. Battersea … 13 51 Bermondsey … 33 20 Bethnal Green … 6 5 Camberwell … 10 16 Chelsea … 75 70 Deptford … 21 14 Finsbury … 21 20 Fulham … 31 20 Greenwich … 16 5 Hackney … 23 19 Hammersmith … 8 15 Hampstead … 36 46 Holborn … 30 65 Islington … 13 23 Kensington … 37 37 Lambeth … 21 33 Lewisham … 15 10 Paddington … 16 26 Poplar … 12 13 St. Marylebone … 60 61 St. Pancras … 39 26 Shoreditch … 10 7 Southwark … 46 54 Stepney … 29 49 Stoke Newington … 44 44 Wandsworth … 45 54 Westminster … 47 47 Woolwich … 32 28