§ 92. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Scotland, and how many in Aberdeen, during the recent period of abnormal demand, were subjected to delay in vaccination against poliomyelitis due to supplies of vaccine not being available.
§ Mr. MaclayThe vaccination programme depends on the availability of medical and other staff as well as on the supply of vaccine and these factors can not be separately assessed. Returns from local authorities show that at the end of April—which was the month when the very heavy public response started—66,000 people, 10,000 of them in Aberdeen, had registered but had not then been vaccinated. Supplies of vaccine then available in Scotland amounted to 300,000 single doses and in most areas there was no appreciable delay. Present supplies are now adequate for current demands.