HC Deb 07 May 1956 vol 552 c67W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Health the ages of the diphtheria cases

DIPHTHERIA: NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED AND DEATHS REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1950–54
Table I
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Age group Cases notified Deaths Cases notified Deaths Cases notified Deaths Cases notified Deaths Cases notified Deaths
0- 262 19 169 6 74 9 63 11 36 4
5- 245 11 213 11 135 8 84 6 46 1
10- 146 5 98 7 46 — 33 1 22 1
15- 143 5 102 1 52 5 34 — 26 —
25 and over 158 9 71 8 65 10 51 5 36 3
Age unknown 5 — 5 — — — — — — —

IMMUNISED STATE OF CASES AND DEATHS IN CHILDREN UNDER AGE 15, 1950–54
Table II
Year Cases notified Number immunised Deaths Number immunised
1950 653 202 35 7
1951 480 124 24 1
1952 255 89 17 1
1953 180 64 18 1
1954 104 36 6 —

NOTES:

  1. 1. The immunised state of cases and deaths among children over age 15 is not recorded.
  2. 2. The number of children immunised shown above is derived from returns provided by local health authorities showing the number of cases and deaths where a full course of immunisation was known to have been completed.
  3. 3. The deaths from 1951 in Table I include the following numbers where the interval between onset of the disease and death exceeded more than one year: 1951, 3; 1952, 9; 1953, 3; 1954, 1.
  4. 4. No information is available from local health authorities to show how many children were immunised within five years of contracting the disease. In 1954 a special investigation which was made in 100 of the 104 cases notified showed that 24 of the cases occurred in children immunised within 5 years of contracting the disease.
  5. 5. Figures for the year 1955 are not available.

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