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Health: Infant Vaccinations and Boosters

Volume 691: debated on Wednesday 18 April 2007

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Baroness Taylor of Bolton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What proportion of infants receive a tetanus vaccination and the appropriate booster injections; and what estimate they have made of the proportion of the population that do not have appropriate tetanus vaccinations. [HL3063]

The Minister of State, Department of Health
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

The latest annual estimate of one, two and five year-old children immunised against tetanus can be found in tables one to three published in NHS immunisation statistics, England: 2005-06 at the following link:

www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/immstats2005to2006/immunexcel/file

www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/immstats2005to2006/immunpdf/file

While we have not estimated the proportion of the population who have not received appropriate tetanus vaccinations, the incidence of tetanus in this country remains low.