HC Deb 23 March 1970 vol 798 cc280-1W
Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in the constituency of Billericay and the county of Essex, respectively, per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Haseldine

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in the constituency of Bradford, West and the City of Bradford, respectively, per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in the constituency of Islington, North, and Islington Borough Council, respectively, per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in the constituency of Kingston upon Hull, West and the City of Kingston upon Hull, respectively, per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Alldritt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what were the working days lost in the constituency of Liverpool, Scotland, and in the City of Liverpool, respectively, per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Julius Silverman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what were the working days lost in the City of Birmingham per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Will Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in the City of Manchester per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Booth

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in Barrow-in-Furness per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Whitlock

asked the Secretry of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in the City of Nottingham per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in the City of Portsmouth County Borough Council per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Gregory

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in Stockport per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Alexander W. Lyons

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the working days lost in the constituency of York per 10,000 population due to mental disorders in 1968.

Mr. Ennals

The table below sets out the available information, which is for regions only. The figures are for men certified as incapable of work for sickness benefit purposes because of a mental disorder. They do not cover the very many short spells of incapacity which are not notified to the Department.

SICKNESS
Days of certified incapacity (a) for men in the period 5th June, 1967 to 1st June, 1968 due to certain causes (b) analysed by area and expressed as a rate per 10,000 men at risk in the relevant area.
Area Rate per 10,000 men (days)
Great Britain 13,318
England:
All regions 12,632
Northern 16,270
Yorkshire and Humberside 13,157
North Western 16,445
East Midlands 13,493
West Midlands 11,846
East Anglia 11,795
South Eastern 10,639
South Western 12,376
Scotland 16,279
Wales 20,206
(a) Notified in connection with claims for sickness benefit.
(b) DLN. 300–318 and 320–326 according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death issued by the World Health Organisation in 1957.