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Mr. Frank R. White
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the incidence of cerebral palsy amongst new-born babies; and what changes there have been in this figure over the past 20 years.
Mr. Moyle
Information on the incidence of cerebral palsy among the newborn is not available centrally. The condition is not normally observable at birth and is not notified as a congenital malformation.The estimated numbers of discharges —including deaths—from hospital of in- fants under 1 year with cerebral spastic infantile paralysis, based on a one in 10 sample of all discharges from NHS hospitals in England and Wales from 1962 to 1975—the latest year for which information is available—are:
1962 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 90 |
1963 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 210 |
1964 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 90 |
1965 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 100 |
1966 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 100 |
1967 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 130 |
1968 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 190 |
1969 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 130 |
1970 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 120 |
1971 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 120 |
1972 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 110 |
1973 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 110 |
1974 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 140 |
1975 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 110 |