§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the percentages and total numbers of the child population, vaccinated or inoculated against various infectious and contagious diseases, for each year since 1960.
§ Mr. MoyleThe available statistics are given in the tables below. In table 581W 1 the number of vaccinations is for children under 16. The percentage vaccinated cannot be accurately or readily calculated for this age group. The percentage which is normally used
TABLE 1: NUMBERS (THOUSANDS) COMPLETING PRIMARY COURSES AGED UNDER 16 Year Diphtheria Whooping Cough Tetanus Poliomyelitis Measles England and Wales 1960* … … 755.3 626.4 — 777.2 — 1961* … … 875.0 690.1 — 1,237.4 — 1962* … … 652.9 578.5 — 852.8 — 1963 … … 700.0 619.2 — 891.6 — 1964 … … 764.5 679.4 — 855.2 — 1965 … … 767.7 697.6 — 921.4 — England 1965 … … 728.3 661.2 809.4 872.4 — 1966 … … 733.6 659.2 794.4 825.4 — 1967 … … 755.4 676.4 807.0 786.1 — 1968 … … 672.4 596.6 716.3 691.2 688.1‡ 1969 … … 490.9† 433.4† 530.2† 523.3† 379.4§ 1970 … … 645.2 587.1 685.7 660.1 601.5 1971 … … 678.8 608.5 713.1 674.4 519.8 1972 … … 657.4 600.9 689.7 662.9 497.1 1973 … … 613.7 556.5 647.0 616.2 459.0 1974 … … 521.4 430.2 549.8 528.5 346.6 1975 … … 480.5 249.6 500.4 485.0 308.8 1976 … … 488.4 240.9 510.3 497.7 322.1 1977 … … 494.3 191.9 516.5 515.6 304.9 * Up to 1962 the figures relate to children under age 15. † Low figures due to changes in the recommended schedules of vaccination and immunisation. ‡ Figures for nine months only. § There was a temporary reduction in the supply of vaccine after March 1969, when the use of one manufacturer's product was suspended.
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TABLE 2: NUMBERS (THOUSANDS) BCG AND RUBELLA VACCINATION BCG Year Contact* scheme Student scheme Babies vaccinated without skin test Rubella (Girls) aged 11, 12 and 13 England and Wales 1960 … … … 68.8 455.0 — — 1961 … … … 70.5 449.0 — — 1962 … … … 63.0 435.5 — — 1963 … … … 61.3 412.0 — — 1964 … … … 61.0 410.4 — — 1965 … … … 55.0 382.1 — — England 1965 … … … 51.0 359.8 — — 1966 … … … 49.8 406.6 — — 1967 … … … 49.7 410.3 — — 1968 … … … 49.4 429.1 — — 1969 … … … 46.0 438.9 — — 1970 … … … 44.9 434.9 — 112.2 1971 … … … 42.2 491.5 17.4 366.3 1972 … … … 39.3 490.6 14.6 278.2 1973 … … … 39.8 505.2 11.1 248.3 1974 … … … 40.8 478.4 11.2 237.3 1975 … … … 37.9 519.1 10.4 246.8 1976 … … … 36.4 564.4 16.4 279.3 1977 … … … 35.0 591.8 16.5 279.8 * The number vaccinated under the Contact scheme covers all ages and will therefore include some children. is that which relates to the end of the second year following the year of birth. Table 3 gives percentages on this basis. For tables 1 and 2 figures for England are only available from 1965.
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TABLE 3: PERCENTAGES (EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES VACCINATED BY END OF SECOND YEAR AFTER YEAR OF BIRTH—E.G. BABIES BORN IN 1975 VACCINATED BY THE END OF 1977) ENGLAND Babies born in Vaccinated by end of Diphtheria Whooping couth Tetanus Poliomyelitis Measles 1961 1963 72 71 — — — 1962 1964 72 70 — 66 — 1963 1965 74 73 — 71 — 1964 1966 76 74 76 73 — 1965 1967 78 76 78 75 — 1966 1968 79 78 79 77 — 1967 1969 83 81 83 80 — 1968 1970 80 79 81 79 34 1969 1971 80 78 80 80 47 1970 1972 81 79 81 80 52 1971 1973 81 79 81 80 54 1972 1974 80 77 80 79 53 1973 1975 74 60 74 74 47 1974 1976 75 39 75 75 47 1975 1977 79 41 79 78 50