HC Deb 01 July 1963 vol 680 c12W
Mr. Hayman

asked the Minister of Power if he will give the figures for each of the last ten years of tin miners in West Cornwall, including the Falmouth and Camborne constituency, in whom pneumoconiosis was diagnosed for the first time, and the percentage that these represented of the total number of men employed in Cornish tin mines.

Mr. Peyton

The figures are as follows:

Number of cases diagnosed for first time in West Cornwall Percentage of the total number of men employed in Cornish tin mines
1953 3 0.43
1954 4 0.59
1955 8 1.28
1956 5 0.83
1957 6 0.95
1958 5 0.81
1959 8 1.28
1960 2 0.32
1961 5 0.81
1962 5 0.78

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