§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health how many children under 15 years of age were inoculated against diphtheria in each of the years from 1940 to the latest year for which the statistics have been received.
§ Mr. BevanThe figures shown by returns from local authorities in England and Wales are as follows:
1940–41 … 2,365,400 1942 … 1,399,750 1943 … 1,039,490 1944 … 561,320 1945 … 613,240 1946 … 651,900 1947 (provisional) … 589,340