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Lord Balniel
asked the Minister of Health what is the national average acceptance rate for polio vaccination for children; and which areas have acceptance rates substantially below the national average.
Mr. Powell
Seventy-seven per cent. in England and Wales at 31st March. The local authority areas with acceptance rates estimated to be lower than 70 per cent. were:
| Under 50 per cent | |
| Bootle. | |
| 50 per cent.-59 per cent | |
| Birkenhead. | Darlington. |
| Bury. | Liverpool. |
| 60 per cent.-69 per cent | |
| Durham. | Newcastle-upon-Tyne. |
| Isles of Scilly | |
| Lancashire. | Rochdale. |
| Barnsley. | Salford. |
| Blackburn. | Sunderland. |
| Bradford. | Wakefield. |
| Dudley. | Walsall. |
| Halifax. | Warrington. |
| Ipswich. | West Bromwich. |
| Manchester. | West Hartlepool. |
| Merthyr Tydfil. | Wigan. |
| Middlesbrough. | Wolverhampton. |