§ 56. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Health if he will publish a table of figures showing the number of deaths from leukœmia in each of the last ten years and, separately, the number of cases in which leukœmia was mentioned as a secondary cause of death.
§ Miss PittFollowing are the figures:
LEUKAEMIA AND ALEUKAEMIA. DEATHS AND DEATH RATES PER 1,000,000 LIVING. ENGLAND AND WALES, 1950–1959 Males Females Number of deaths Rate per1,000,000 living Number of deaths Rate per 1,000,000 living 1950 … 994 47 838 37 1951 … 984 47 943 41 1952 … 1,102 52 941 41 1953 … 1,116 53 1,005 44 1954 … 1,14 54 1,018 44 1955 … 1,223 57 1,001 43 1956 … 1,229 57 1,086 47 1957 … 1,301 60 1,093 47 1958 … 1,301 60 1,085 46 1959 … 1,315 60 1,219 52 Figures showing the secondary causes of death Ire not ordinarily produced, but in a special analysis of all deaths registered in the period April—June, 1955, 508 deaths were assigned to leukaemia and there were a further 25 deaths which were not assigned to leukaemia but in which leukaemia was mentioned on the death certificate.