§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have been awarded industrial disability benefit by pneumoconiosis medical panels because of byssinosis over the last five years; how many such applications have been rejected; and how many such applications have been rejected more than once.
§ Mr. OrmeThe table below shows the number of examinations for byssinosis by pneumoconiosis medical boards.
culosis, or in a service ancillary to such treatment or nursing;
(b) in attendance upon a person or persons suffering from tuberculosis, where the need for such attendance arises by reason of physical or mental infirmity;
(c) as a research worker engaged in research in connection with tuberculosis;
(d) as a laboratory worker, pathologist or person taking part in or assisting at post-mortem examinations of human remains where the occupation involves working with material which is a source of tuberculosis infection."
§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services on what salary scale TB visitors who work in the Health Centre, Hackney, are paid.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe two TB visitors employed at the health centre are paid on the scale £2,121–£2,646, plus London weighting allowance and, since 1st April 1976, the pay supplement of £312 per annum. This is the scale advised by the Whitley Council for TB visitors who do not hold the health visitors' certificate.