§ Mr. J. Griffithsasked the Home Secretary the number of applications for certificates of disablement received by the silicosis medical board under the various industries silicosis scheme, from coal miners in Great Britain in the year ending 31st December, 1937; the number granted certificates of disablement, and also the number of deaths among coal miners caused by silicosis in the same period; and if he will give similar particulars for anthracite miners in South Wales, and comparative figures in each case for 1936?
§ Sir S. HoareThe following are the figures:
the population is contained in the Census of England and Wales, 1931, Housing Reports and Tables published in 1935 to which I would refer the hon. Member.
As regards the last part of the question, I am not clear what precisely the hon. Member has in mind when he refers to "normal requirements," but it is not at present practicable to forecast what rate of house construction will be required when the slum clearance and overcrowding programmes have been completed.