HC Deb 09 July 1957 vol 573 cc35-6W
Sir A. Bossom

asked the Minister of Health how many cases of poliomyelitis have been registered in Kent this year; how many of these were from Maidstone and district; and how many were of the paralytic and how many of the non-paralytic variety.

Mr. Vaughan-Morgan

Sixty cases (35 paralytic, 25 non-paralytic) were notified up to 29th June this year; seventeen were from the borough of Maidstone (5 paralytic, 12 non-paralytic); no cases have been notified in either Maidstone or Hollingbourne Rural Districts.