Appendix (3) - Polio & Animal Experimentation
Incidence of Polio 1912 to 2000 + Mortality / ENGLAND
The following table illustrates the dramatic impact of developing and deploying a vaccine against Polio in England in the 1950s, and which relied on live animal experimentation.
Year | Cases | Deaths | Year | Cases | Deaths | |
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1912 | 839 | -- | 1957 | 4844 | 255 | |
1913 | 745 | -- | 1958 | 1994 | 154 | |
1914 | 509 | 177 | 1959 | 1028 | 87 | |
1915 | 517 | 172 | 1960 | 378 | 46 | |
1916 | 688 | 190 | 1961 | 876 | 79 | |
1917 | 354 | 168 | 1962 | 271 | 45 | |
1918 | 228 | 237 | 1963 | 51 | 38 | |
1919 | 615 | 179 | 1964 | 37 | 29 | |
1920 | 329 | 134 | 1965 | 91 | 19 | |
1921 | 539 | 169 | 1966 | 23 | 22 | |
1922 | 386 | 136 | 1967 | 19 | 15 | |
1923 | 644 | 119 | 1968 | 24 | 15 | |
1924 | 860 | 157 | 1969 | 10 | 10 | |
1925 | 422 | 156 | 1970 | 6 | 19 | |
1926 | 1296 | 235 | 1971 | 7 | 23 | |
1927 | 895 | 182 | 1972 | 5 | 15 | |
1928 | 541 | 167 | 1973 | 5 | 17 | |
1929 | 622 | 140 | 1974 | 6 | 23 | |
1930 | 591 | 164 | 1975 | 3 | 17 | |
1931 | 394 | 98 | 1976 | 13 | 25 | |
1932 | 750 | 178 | 1977 | 16 | 15 | |
1933 | 794 | 202 | 1978 | 3 | 18 | |
1934 | 670 | 135 | 1979 | 8 | 20 | |
1935 | 697 | 145 | 1980 | 3 | 21 | |
1936 | 580 | 102 | 1981 | 2 | 24 | |
1937 | 853 | 152 | 1982 | 2 | 19 | |
1938 | 1581 | 254 | 1983 | 4 | 21 | |
1939 | 819 | 142 | 1984 | 0 | 38 | |
1940 | 1066 | 159 | 1985 | 4 | 29 | |
1941 | 940 | 155 | 1986 | 3 | 34 | |
1942 | 636 | 123 | 1987 | 3 | 21 | |
1943 | 444 | 88 | 1988 | 2 | 27 | |
1944 | 495 | 97 | 1989 | 1 | 29 | |
1945 | 821 | 126 | 1990 | 1 | 1 | |
1946 | 655 | 116 | 1991 | 4 | 0 | |
1947 | 7646 | 688 | 1992 | 3 | 0 | |
1948 | 1829 | 239 | 1993 | 1 | 0 | |
1949 | 5918 | 657 | 1994 | 0 | 1 | |
1950 | 7760 | 755 | 1995 | 1 | 1 | |
1951 | 2514 | 217 | 1996 | 1 | 1 | |
1952 | 3910 | 295 | 1997 | 2 | n/a | |
1953 | 4547 | 338 | 1998 | 2 | . | |
1954 | 1960 | 134 | 1999 | 0 | . | |
1955 | 6331 | 270 | 2000 | 0 | . | |
1956 | 3200 | 137 | . | . | . |