§ Dr. Vaughanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) whether his 121W Department has any record of the number of adults who have suffered brain damages following head injuries;
(2) how many persons in 1974, 1975 and 1976, respectively, have received treatment in the special units provided for the care of adults receiving brain damage following head injuries.
§ Mr. MoyleThe report of the hospital in-patient inquiry gives the number of people over 15 years old treated in hospital for intra-cranial damage and the number of those whose damage was due to road traffic accidents. In 1973, the latest year for which information is available, the figures are as follows:
All Intracranial damage Intracranial damage due to road traffic accidents Concussion 16,820 6,780 Cerebral laceration and contusion 590 290 Sub-Arachnoid haemorrhage 750 110 Other and unspecified haemorrhage 110 60 Intra-Cranial injury of other and unspecified nature 49,130 18,160 Total 67,400 25,400 Details of persons treated in special units are not separately available.