§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Minister of Health what is the number of persons in the United Kingdom at the last convenient date who are suffering from multiple sclerosis; and what were the respective figures for the five preceding years.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonI regret this information is not available.
§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Minister of Health what is the number of persons who died from multiple sclerosis in 1966; and what are the respective figures for each of the preceding five years.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonFigures for 1966 are not yet available. Those for each of the preceding five years are as follows:
Deaths from multiple sclerosis (ICD* No. 345) United Kingdom 1961 1,088 1962 1,029 1963 1,002 1964 1,010 1965 944 * International Classification of Diseases.