26. Mrs. Hillasked the Minister of Health if he now has anything further to report on the registration of chiropodists and other medical auxiliaries.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithI am considering the draft scheme for statutory registration
Cause of Death 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Cancer … … … 81,655 83,204 85,270 86,080 87,642 Heart Disease … … … 138,461 158,537 167,962 177,994 160,598 Strokes (see note (2)) … … 54,525 60,051 64,703 68,446 69,388 Cerebral Thrombosis … … 20,265 23,459 26,841 29,202 30,485 Tuberculosis … … … 21,675 19,797 15,969 13,806 10,585 Poliomyelitis … … … 239 651 755 217 295 Bronchitis … … … 23,888 28,981 28,257 36,985 27,268 Cause of Death 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 Cancer … … … 87,924 90,095 91,340 92,710 94,017 Heart Diseases … … … 159,413 163,135 168,264 170,079 165,874 Strokes (see note(2)) … … 68,069 72,142 74,152 74,487 73,669 Cerebral Thrombosis … … 29,941 32,087 34,462 35,157 35,720 Tuberculosis … … … 8,902 7,897 6,492 5,375 4,784 Poliomyelitis … … … 338 134 270 137 255 Bronchitis … … … 30,392 25,543 28,793 29,670 26,935 NOTES (1) Figures for 1948 may not be strictly comparable in all cases with those for later years owing to differences in the method of classification. (2) Figures are not classified under a specific heading of "Strokes". The figures given in the table for " Strokes " are the figures for "Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system" and include the figures following for cerebral thrombosis. (3) The figures are contained in detail in Part I (pp. 11–27) of the Registrar General's Statistical Review of England and Wales for 1957.