HC Deb 03 July 1961 vol 643 c72W
63. Mr. Matthews

asked the Minister of Health how many cases of poliomyelitis have been notified in the county of Warwick during the past three years; and how these figures compare with the rest of England and Wales.

Miss Pitt

In Warwickshire, excluding Birmingham and Coventry, there were nine cases of paralytic poliomyelitis in 1958, one in 1959 and four in 1960. The corresponding figures for England and Wales were 1,417, 733, and 257.

Mrs. Butler

asked the Minister of Health what was the number of cases of poliomyelitis and paralytic poliomyelitis, respectively, in 1959 and 1960; and what were the states of their previous vaccination.

Miss Pitt

The information requested is set out in the table below. The figures relating to vaccination states of the cases in 1960 are provisional.