§ Mr. J. Griffithsasked the Home Secretary whether he will make a statement indicating the number of applications received, and the number of certificates granted, by the Silicosis Medical Board to miners in 1939, giving particulars of certificates of total and partial disablement, and certificates certifying silicosis as the cause of death; and giving separate particulars for the anthracite coalfield?
§ Sir J. AndersonThe following are the figures:
Applications to the Medical Board for certificate under the Various Industries (Silicosis) Schemes from Coalminers, 1939. — Total. Anthracite Mines. Disablement or Suspension— Number of applications for certificates. 850 298 Number of certificates granted. 445 204 Deaths— Number of applications for certificates. 128 25 Number certified as due to the disease. 77 14