asked the Minister for Health if he will state the percentage of (a) paying and (b) non-paying children under ten years of age who have received their first anti-polio injection during the 11 months ended November, 1958, or nearest convenient date.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Anti-Polio Injections.
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The current free scheme was authorised in April and the contributory scheme in July of this year. The proportion of eligible children in each class who received at least one injection during the period ended 30th September, 1958, the latest date for which figures are available, was 27 per cent. in the case of the free scheme and 4 per cent. in the case of the contributory scheme.