Y list files and assessment work
- Date:
- 1961-2013
- Reference:
- PP/CNE/A/2
- Part of:
- Dr Claus Newman: archive
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Files concerning the "Y List" and development of the scheme used to assess children on the list. Also includes some papers regarding "X List" children. Additional files about the "Y list" that were kept together as a series by Newman are in PP/CNE/A/1.
Publication/Creation
1961-2013
Physical description
2 boxes
Biographical note
In 1973 compensation was agreed for those babies affected by thalidomide taken by the mothers during pregnancy. The "X List" was a list of 338 children whom Distillers Company, the manufacturers of thalidomide, accepted had impairments caused by the drug. The "Y List" comprised children with uncertain diagnoses who had their compensation either reduced or denied. Many appealed and were moved to the X list, though re-assessment could take years.