§ 19. Dr. JOHN WILLIAMSasked the Secretary for Mines the number of men certified for silicosis in the county of Carmarthen and in the rest of the South Wales coalfield; and the number of such cases where death has resulted from this disease?
§ Mr. E. BROWNI am informed by the Home Office that between 1st June, 1931, when the Medical Board under the compensation scheme was appointed, and 31st May, 1934, 105 miners were certified by the board as disabled from silicosis in the county of Carmarthen and 279 in the remainder of the South Wales coalfield; and that the number of deaths certified by the board were 26 and 57 respectively.