§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health how many cases of poliomyelitis occurred in 1957 in persons who had been previously vaccinated as a safeguard; how many were under 15 years of age; how many were paralytic; and how many of the cases proved fatal.
§ Mr. Walker-Smith32 cases of poliomyelitis were reported to my Department in 1957 in persons who had had two injections of vaccine. All were under 15 years of age. 16 were paralytic and there was one death.
§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health how many cases of poliomyelitis occurred in 1957 within 30 days of vaccination; and how many of them were paralytic.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThe cases reported to my Department after two injections of vaccine were 8 and 5 respectively. As stated in my reply to the hon. Member on 15th May there are several reasons why poliomyelitis may occur in vaccinated persons, and it is not possible to identify the reason with certainty in an individual case.
§ Mr. Viantasked the Minister of Health what were the circumstances in which all poliomyelitis vaccination was stopped recently in Denton, near Manchester, by the medical officer of health.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithI understand that on the occurrence of five cases of poliomyelitis with two deaths it was decided locally to postpone vaccinations. None 247W of the patients had been vaccinated against poliomyelitis.
§ Sir F. Medlicottasked the Minister of Health how many cases of poliomyelitis have occurred in the eastern region of England during each of the last seven years, giving the figures by counties and by the ages of the persons concerned.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithFigures for standard regions by age, and for individual
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— All ages 0— 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 10— 15— 25 and over Unknown Eastern Region 1951 P 92 1 11 — 8 — 16 11 21 24 — NP 60 — 5 — 7 — 16 14 9 9 — 1952 P 248 5 33 — 31 — 72 14 25 68 — NP 171 2 12 — 21 — 68 22 13 33 — 1953 P 243 5 21 — 33 — 75 27 28 54 — NP 153 2 4 — 21 — 55 24 20 27 — 1954 P 123 2 9 — 14 — 33 14 18 32 1 NP 82 1 2 — 5 — 26 17 16 15 — 1955 P 346 14 39 — 26 — 83 42 41 100 1 NP 286 1 13 — 25 — 108 61 37 41 — 1956 P 99 3 5 5 5 9 35 8 11 18 — NP 65 — 3 1 4 2 29 12 6 8 — 1957 P 402 3 21 22 23 27 97 49 40 118 2 NP 232 1 5 10 15 23 81 31 23 43 — Counties 1957 Bedfordshire P 18 — 2 1 — — 3 1 6 5 — NP 4 — — 1 — 1 — 1 1 — — Cambridgeshire P 32 — 1 2 1 1 5 5 4 12 1 NP 10 1 1 1 — 2 3 1 1 — — Ely P 10 — 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 — NP 4 — — ? 1 — 1 — 2 — — Essex (part within the Region) P 188 2 13 8 13 12 58 23 17 42 — NP 132 — 3 6 12 15 39 15 11 31 — Herts (part within the Region) P 60 — 2 3 3 2 9 6 8 27 — NP 59 — — — 2 4 27 11 5 10 — Huntingdonshire P 4 — — — — — — 2 — 1 1 NP 1 — — — — — — — — 1 — Norfolk P 48 1 1 3 4 4 15 5 2 13 — NP 10 — — 1 — 1— 5 2 2 — — Suffolk East P 26 — — 1 1 4 3 5 1 11 — NP 4 — 1 1 — — — 1 — 1 — Suffolk West P 16 — 1 3 — 3 2 1 1 5 — NP 8 — — — — 1 6 — 1 — — local authority areas without distinction by age, are published annually in the Registrar-General's Statistical Review, Part I, Tables, Medical, tables 32 and 33. Figures for the eastern region by age for the years 1951–57 are given in the tables below. Figures by age for individual counties have been especially prepared for 1957. Numbers for paralytic and non-paralytic poliomyelitis are shown separately.
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— 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 Counties Bedfordshire P 4 12 18 11 22 9 18 NP 3 7 6 7 9 7 4 Cambridgeshire P 23 13 31 2 11 6 32 NP 14 6 14 4 6 3 10 Ely P 1 12 1 1 9 1 10 NP — 9 1 3 19 2 4 Essex (part. within the Region) P 15 119 97 36 176 34 188 NP 16 83 89 30 156 33 132 Herts (part within the Region) P 7 39 37 13 55 21 60 NP 8 20 15 8 43 11 59 Huntingdonshire P — 2 14 2 9 6 4 NP 2 — 7 1 2 3 1 Norfolk P 30 24 33 40 45 11 48 NP 8 26 12 11 26 2 10 Suffolk East P 6 25 6 14 16 5 26 NP 7 18 9 13 23 — 4 Suffolk West P 6 2 6 4 3 8 16 NP 2 2 — 5 2 2 8