§ Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Health if he will publish in HANSARD a list of those 20 cities and towns which have the highest atmospheric pollution, giving the weight of solids that falls annually per square mile or per acre; and the figures, where available, of the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis and cancer of the lung and bronchiæ.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanI have been asked to reply.
I understand from the Department of Scientific Industrial Research that it is not possible for technical reasons to determine with any certainty the towns which have the highest atmospheric pollution
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Total number of appeals decided Number dealt with by hearing Number dealt with (a) by correspondence Dismissed Allowed Dismissed Allowed Posters 575 125 20 348 82 Trade Signs (b) 257(37) 17(2) 12 146(23) 82(12) Totals 832 174 658 Notes: (a) Including cases in which the site was visited by an officer of the Department accompanied by representatives of both parties to the appeal. (b) These figures include appeals for direction signs not on the trader's premises as shown in brackets. and a list would therefore be misleading. The second part of the hon. Member's Question cannot therefore be related to the first.