§ Mr. Viantasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the children under 15 years of age in each of the county council areas can be considered as having been inoculated against diphtheria; and what percentage of children under five years of age.
§ Mr. J. StuartPercentages of (a) children under 15 years of age, (b) 146W children under five years of age in each of the county council areas in Scotland estimated at 31st December, 1953, as having been inoculated against diphtheria are as follow:
County Percentageofchildrenunder15 Percentageofchildrenunder5 Aberdeen 75 66 Angus 69 79 Argyll 64 57 Ayr 81 74 Banff 67 74 Berwick 82 80 Bute 71 72 Caithness 86 85 Clackmannan 81 75 Dumfries 92 98 Dunbarton 79 64 EastLothian 74 92 Fife 66 79 Inverness 57 51 Kincardine 76 85 Kirkcudbright 83 74 Lanark 80 59 Midlothian 93 99 MorayandNairn 67 82 Orkney 45 34 Peebles 96 90 PerthandKinross 64 77 Renfrew 51 63 RossandCromart 61 42 Roxburgh 75 83 Selkirk 57 56 Stirling 80 87 Sutherland 63 73 WestLothian 77 98 Wigtown 81 79 Zetland 71 51