A controlled study with live attenuated mumps virus vaccine, B level Jeryl Lynn strain, was conducted on a group of mentally retarded patients, children and adults; 159 of them were studied, and 109 received the vaccine. The follow-up consisted of clinical observation, temperature recording in both vaccinees and controls for 1 week after vaccine administration, and serological assay by complement fixation and neutralization at the time of vaccination, at 1 month and at [Formula: see text] months.There was no statistical evidence of temperature rise in the vaccinees as compared with the controls nor any untoward clinical reactions. At [Formula: see text] months, the seroconversion rate was 48.8% when assayed by complement-fixation tests, and 90% when assayed by neutralization tests. It was concluded that the vaccine was safe and potent.