HC Deb 15 April 1985 vol 77 cc73-4W
Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will name the vaccines which caused the 810 adverse reactions reported in 1983 by the yellow card system to the Committee on Safety of Medicines.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The Committee on Safety of Medicines in fact received 525 reports of suspected adverse reactions to vaccines during 1983. The vaccines reported were

  1. Influenza (inactivated)
  2. Polio (oral)
  3. Measles (live attenuated)
  4. Yellow fever
  5. Rubella
  6. Pertussis
  7. Salmonella typhi
  8. Salmonella paratyphi B
  9. Cholera
  10. BCG
  11. Diptheria
  12. Tetanus
  13. Tetanus antitoxin
  14. Grass pollen
  15. Specific desensitizing
  16. Tuberculin
  17. Rabies
  18. Dust mite extract
  19. Influenza live attenuated
    20. 74
  20. Corynebacterium parvum extract
  21. Antihaemophilic factor
  22. Hepatitis B surface antigen
  23. Human serum albumin

It is very important to note that a report does not necessarily establish a causal relationship between the reaction and the vaccine concerned.

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