HC Deb 22 December 1954 vol 535 c309W
Mr. Patrick Maitland

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the number of certified pneumoconiosis cases for the last 12 months in the mining industry in Scotland and the county of Lanark, respectively; and how such certifications compare with the last three years.

Brigadier Smyth

The following table gives the latest available figures:

PNEUMOCONIOSIS: COALMINING CASES DIAGNOSED UNDER THE NATIONAL INSURANCE (INDUSTRIAL INJURIES) ACTS
— 1951 1952 1953 January to June, 1954
Scotland 468 454 799 556
County of Lanark 201 199 412 *
* No figures for 1954 are yet available.