§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have died or suffered injury as a result of unnecessary smallpox vaccinations in the current year; and how many in each year since 1970.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 14 December 1979, c. 795]: From 1970 to 30 November 1979, the Committee on Safety of Medicines has received five reports of deaths following smallpox vaccinations in the following years:
1970 … … 2 1973 … … 1 1976 … … 1 1979 … … 1 During the same period there have been 94 reports to the committee of adverse reactions to smallpox vaccinations as follows:
1970 … … 9 1971 … … 6 1972 … … 6 1973 … … 30 1974 … … 9 1975 … … 3 1976 … … 9 1977 … … 13 1978 … … 8 1979 … … 1 No information is available as to the circumstances in which the vaccinations 375W were given. During the earlier years of this period smallpox vaccination was very generally required for travel abroad. A number of countries still require smallpox vaccination certificates.