HC Deb 30 April 1948 vol 450 c89W
Mr. Viant

asked 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. Bevan

The 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

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