Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 24 Apr 1947

Vol. 105 No. 10

Written Answers. - Immunisation against Diphtheria.

Mr. Larkin

asked the Minister for Health if he will state the several county health areas in which children are habitually immunised against diphtheria; the total number of children so treated, in each of these areas, during the last five years; the areas in which, during the last five years, there was an outbreak of diphtheria; the number of victims in each case; and the number of such victims who had been immunised and had not been immunised.

Dr. Ryan

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:—

STATISTICS FOR THE YEARS 1941 TO 1945 INCLUSIVE RELATING TO SCHEMES OF ACTIVE IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA OPERATED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THE INCID ENCE OF THE DISEASE AND DEATHS THEREFROM IN EACH COUNTY AND COUNTY BOROUGH.

Areas in which immunisation shemes were in operation	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
Nos. immunised	No. of cases of Diphtheria notified	No. of deaths from Diphtheria amongst immunised persons	Total No. of deaths from Diphtheria	Nos. immunised	No. of cases of Diphtheria notified	No. of deaths from Diphtheria amongst immunised persons	Total No. of deaths from Diphtheria	Nos. immunised	No. of cases of Diphtheria notified	No. of deaths from Diphtheria amongst immunised persons	Total No. of deaths from Diphtheria	Nos. immunised	No. of cases of Diphtheria notified	No. of deaths from Diphtheria amongst immunised persons	Total No. of deaths from Diphtheria	Nos. immunised	No. of cases of Diphtheria notified	No. of deaths from Diphtheria amongst immunised persons	Total No. of deaths from Diphtheria
Co. BOROUGHS:
Cork	576	59	—	4	3,795	372	—	21	1,081	326	—	15	734	172	—	7	622	95	—	3
Dublin	57,616	451	1	53	2,167	624	3	54	18,641	1,351	2	83	28,206	1,330	—	72	10,942	861	3	35
Limerick	630	62	—	3	1,531	165	—	17	909	66	—	11	281	28	—	3	552	35	—	1
Waterford	988	43	—	7	742	17	—	—	992	26	—	1	540	19	—	2	653	2	—	—
COUNTY:
Carlow	1,832	8	—	—	3,070	32	—	8	210	32	—	1	494	122	—	7	1,335	99	—	6
Cavan	968	2	—	—	12,450	7	—	2	359	8	—	1	368	75	—	7	2,955	49	—	3
Clare	518	32	—	—	1,803	119	—	9	4,076	147	—	11	1,968	168	—	9	680	155	—	5
Cork	2,353	73	—	10	6,025	239	—	30	6,345	322	1	18	3,556	316	—	19	4,065	295	—	21
Donegal	Nil	29	—	3	Nil	41	—	8	6,134	218	—	20	4,054	335	—	18	2,327	363	—	23
Dublin	3,536	139	1	6	796	325	—	17	5,949	355	1	21	3,397	477	—	20	1,897	228	2	10
Galway	963	16	—	4	351	46	—	8	1,909	157	—	19	2,750	179	—	21	12,697	118	—	12
Kerry	2,350	93	—	19	10,848	222	1	28	7,270	142	—	23	3,595	112	—	12	4,890	139	—	14
Kildare	4,787	26	—	2	312	34	—	2	2,180	98	—	1	1,466	114	—	7	959	118	—	7
Kilkenny	5	31	—	4	42	27	—	2	4,818	69	—	4	1,366	100	—	1	406	122	—	4
Laoighis	3,482	17	—	2	924	12	—	—	1,258	144	—	10	549	150	—	7	1,004	150	—	4
Leitrim	8,317	7	—	3	Nil	6	—	—	904	1	—	1	330	6	—	—	93	5	—	1
Limerick	573	45	—	3	987	87	—	8	6,421	222	—	20	711	132	—	9	1,590	75	—	3
Longford	2,527	18	—	2	427	5	1	3	405	31	—	1	483	8	—	2	551	14	—	1
Louth	170	18	—	1	58	96	—	9	1,199	112	—	3	5,571	70	—	2	1,524	175	—	17
Mayo	1,335	6	—	4	9,141	12	—	3	3,970	24	—	3	3,344	19	—	5	2,284	28	—	3
Meath	11,063	19	—	3	Nil	11	—	1	19	47	—	4	2,410	80	—	5	1,936	52	—	3
Monaghan	642	11	—	—	1,292	67	—	4	2,317	134	—	3	4,195	180	—	9	1,139	148	—	10
Offaly	404	39	—	6	523	19	—	1	535	62	—	8	639	78	—	3	5,065	115	—	10
Roscommon	9,421	16	—	2	Nil	11	—	2	46	22	—	—	79	47	—	5	7,281	62	—	1
Sligo	237	18	—	1	383	26	—	3	5,830	65	1	3	1,824	72	—	5	2,729	26	—	3
Tipperary, N.R.	1,018	28	—	2	644	59	—	10	6,913	91	—	1	1,963	161	—	5	2,412	168	—	9
Tipperary, S.R.	1,583	36	—	1	2,614	45	—	5	6,458	62	4	6	1,272	64	—	3	1,853	85	—	4
Waterford	Nil	4	—	1	Nil	14	—	2	1,452	11	—	1	3,279	24	—	2	187	15	—	2
Westmeath	5,058	19	—	2	178	10	—	1	475	39	—	2	1,769	51	—	3	302	54	1	5
Wexford	2,580	63	2	13	1,730	72	—	6	1,055	81	—	6	2,425	157	—	14	694	182	—	11
Wicklow	5,026	19	—	4	1,255	31	1	3	1,008	120	1	9	1,806	240	1	9	940	144	—	5
TOTALS	130,558	1,447	4	165	63,188	2,853	6	267	95,121	4,585	10	310	85,524	5,086	1	293	76,564	4,177	6	236

Complete statistics for the year 1946 are not yet available.