§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health how many children, per 1,000 of the child population, have had paralytic and non-paralytic poliomyelitis, respectively, fatal or otherwise, in the last five years; and how many children, per 1,000 of the child population, had poliomyelitis, fatal or non-fatal, in each of the years 1947 to 1950.
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§ Mr. TurtonThe numbers of children under the age of 15 years notified as suffering from poliomyelitis, expressed as a rate per 1,000 of the comparable child population, are as follows:
Year Paralytic — Non-Paralytic 1947 … 0.56 1948 … 0.13 1949 … 0.44 1950 … 0.55 1951 … 0.10 0.07 1952 … 0.19 0.08 1953 … 0.19 0.10 1954 … 0.09 0. 04 1955* … 0.25 0.19 * Provisional.