§ Lord Balnielasked the Minister of Health what percentage of children in each local health authority area have received smallpox vaccination and poliomyelitis immunisation.
§ Mr. BarberThe latest available figures are as follows:
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SMALLPOX AND POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION PERCENTAGES ENGLISH AUTHORITIES Local Health Authority Smallpox Poliomyelitis Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962 All in England … 68 83 Bedfordshire … 80 82 Berkshire … 52 89 Buckinghamshire … 53 83 Cambridgeshire … 95 87 Cheshire … 69 85 Cornwall … 62 79 Cumberland … 64 88 Derbyshire … 41 78 Devon … 68 95 Dorset … 70 90 Durham … 53 79 Essex … 88 81 Gloucestershire … 78 85 Hampshire … 81 82 Herefordshire … 73 82 Hertfordshire … 79 86 Huntingdonshire … 60 74 Isle of Ely … 64 74 Isle of Scilly … 53 65 Isle of Wight … 62 87 Kent … 79 77 Lancashire … 70 82 Leicestershire … 64 84 Lincs., Holland … 62 85 Lincs., Kesteven … 49 80 Lincs., Lindsey … 55 79 London … 80 76 Middlesex … 76 84 Norfolk … 62 81 Northamptonshire … 64 82 Northumberland … 54 89 Nottinghamshire … 61 85 Oxfordshire … 68 81 Peterborough, Soke of … 63 82 Rutland … 30 83 Salop … 58 90 Somerset … 82 82 Staffordshire … 45 85 238W
Local Health Authority Smallpox Poliomyelitis Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962 Suffolk East … 78 81 Suffolk West … 73 81 Surrey … 68 85 Sussex East … 86 82 Sussex West … 71 82 Warwickshire … 74 85 Westmorland … 90 81 Wiltshire … 73 79 Worcestershire … 75 86 Yorks., East Riding … 72 86 Yorks., North Riding … 50 77 Yorks., West Riding … 60 78 Barnsley … 54 70 Barrow-in-Furness … 47 77 Bath … 79 83 Birkenhead … 59 72 Birmingham … 67 90 Blackburn … 44 68 Blackpool … 74 78 Bolton … 67 82 Bootle … 41 64 Bournemouth … 75 88 Bradford … 65 74 Brighton … 67 75 Bristol … 95 87 Burnley … 47 81 Burton-upon-Trent … 43 80 Bury … 82 69 Canterbury … 87 91 Carlisle … 79 89 Chester … 34 75 Coventry … 84 84 Croydon … 88 93 Darlington … 65 66 Derby … 80 79 Dewsbury … 77 77 Doncaster … 60 83 Dudley … 52 79 Eastbourne … 52 83 East Ham … 87 77 Exeter … 76 95 Gateshead … 68 79 Gloucester … 43 78 Great Yarmouth … 63 90 Grimsby … 55 84 Halifax … 76 66 Hastings … 72 83 Huddersfield … 81 82 Ipswich … 58 87 Kingston-upon-Hull … 43 86 Leeds … 55 77 Leicester … 42 81 Lincoln … 77 90 Liverpool … 58 72 Manchester … 86 73 Middlesbrough … 63 65 Newcastle-upon-Tyne … 57 78 Northampton … 70 80 Norwich … 65 85 Nottingham … 62 85 Oldham … 48 84 Oxford … 94 95 Plymouth … 69 75
Local Health Authority Smallpox Poliomyelitis Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962 Portsmouth … 71 79 Preston … 47 89 Reading … 77 83 Rochdale … 62 70 Rotherham … 41 85 St. Helens … 53 79 Salford … 50 86 Sheffield … 61 85 Smethwick … 82 94 Southampton … 55 84 Southend-on-Sea … 77 85 Southport … 71 86 South Shields … 24 78 Stockport … 86 76 Stoke-on-Trent … 38 85 Sunderland … 63 68 Tynemouth … 31 79 Wakefield … 65 73 Wallasey … 61 81 Walsall … 58 81 Warrington … 63 74 West Bromwich … 62 81 West Ham … 94 87 West Hartlepool … 47 83 Wigan … 21 95 Wolverhampton … 78 66 Worcester … 92 84 York … 56 77 239W
WELSH AUTHORITIES Local Health Authority Smallpox Poliomyelitis Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962 All in Wales … 85 82 Anglesey … 69 78 Brecon … 95 87 Caernarvon … 62 85 Cardigan … 75 73 Carmarthen … 85 81 Denbigh … 62 77 Flint … 30 84 Glamorgan … 95 83 Merioneth … 60 82 Monmouth … 95 83 Montgomery … 52 91 Pembroke … 77 78 Radnor … 61 78 Cardiff … 95 83 Merthyr Tydfil … 73 70 Newport … 60 77 Swansea … 85 87
ENGLAND AND WALES Smallpox Poliomyelitis Children under 2 vaccinated in 1962 Persons under 20 at 31st December, 1962 70 83 NOTES:
1.For smallpox the number of children under two, vaccinated in 1962, has been expressed as a percentage of the live births in 1961.
2.For poliomyelitis the number of persons born in 1943 to 1962 inclusive who had completed primary immunisation by 31st December, 1962, has been expressed as a percentage of the estimated number of persons aged under 20.