§ Sir G. Sinclairasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths from whooping cough among children under 1 year old occurred in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years; and how many cases of cerebral disease associated with vaccination for whooping cough have occurred in the same period.
§ Dr. OwenThe numbers of deaths from whooping cough among children under one year of age in the United Kingdom were as follows:
1964 … … 35 1965 … … 17 1966 … … 26 1967 … … 41 1968 … … 20 1969 … … 8 1970 … … 19 1971 … … 26 1972 … … 2 1973 … … Provisional 2 I regret that it is not possible to make an estimate of the incidence of cerebral disease associated with vaccination for whooping cough on the basis of the information currently available. I am examining the possibility of undertaking studies to ascertain the incidence of complications.