§ 66. Mr. Nabarroasked the Minister of Fuel and Power to state, in any convenient form, the recorded total of all casualties in the coal industry, fatal and non-fatal shown separately, during every fifth year from 1900 to 1945 and during each year from 1946 onwards, with an assessed figure for 1953, and arising from all causes.
§ Mr. Joynson-HicksThe following is the answer:
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§ 67. Mr. Nabarroasked the Minister of Fuel and Power to state, in any convenient form, the recorded total of casualties in the coal industry arising from the silicosis and pneumoconiosis group of lung and associated diseases, during
NEW CASES OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND SILICOSIS Year Number of coal miners certified by the Silicosis Medical Board under the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1925–1943 Number of coal miners diagnosed under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) General Regulations, 1948 Total (1) (2) (3) (4) 1932 … … 143 — 143 1935 … … 253 — 253 1940 … … 484 — 484 1945 … … 5,821 — 5,821 1946 … … 4,440 — 4,440 1947 … … 3,779 — 3,779 1948 … … 2,349 1,935 4,284 1949 … … 938 4,970 5,908 1950 … … 648 3,628 4,276 1951 … … 487 3,154 3,641 1952 … … 254 3,143 3,397 1953 (estimated) … 40 3,700 3,740 Notes: 1. The first statutory provision for the certification of coal miners was made in 1928, but men were not certified until 1931, and 1932 is the first full year for which particulars are available. Up to October, 1934, the Compensation Scheme applied only to certain processes in coal mining. Since then, all schemes have applied to any operation underground in any coal mine. The Coal Mining, Industry (Pneumoconiosis) Compensation Scheme, which came into force on 1st July, 1943, extended the application of the Scheme to certain classes of surface workers not previously covered, and empowered the Medical Boards to issue certificates in respect of pneumoconiosis, including the condition of the lungs known as dust-reticulation. 2. Certifications following deaths are included in column (2) but not in column (3). 3. The figures in column (2) for the years 1948–1953 refer to new cases among men who left the industry before the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations, 1948 came into force on 5th July, 1948.
§ 68. Mr. Nabarroasked the Minister of Fuel and Power to state, in any convenient form, the recorded total of casualties in the coal industry arising directly or indirectly from the use of electricity in mines and mining installations and having particular regard to statutory regulations issued upon the subject from time to time, during every fifth year from 1900 to 1945 and during each year from 1946 onwards, with an assessed figure for 1953.
§ Mr. Joynson-HicksI regret that records in the form asked for are not available.