Mr. B. Taylorasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance to give for the past 12 months, to the nearest convenient date, the number of applications to the pneumoconiosis panels in each 253W division, stating the number given a certificate of disablement also the numbers refused a certificate.
§ Mr. PeakeInformation is available for the twelve months to June, 1955, of the number of preliminary X-ray examinations following fresh pneumoconiosis claims, under the Industrial Injuries Acts,
Panel Preliminary X-ray examinations Clinical examinations by medical board Total Cases diagnosed Cases not diagnosed All panels … … 14,737 9,596 5,987 3,609 Cardiff … … 4,785 1,432 818 614 Swansea … … 1,926 610 225 385 Stoke-on-Trent … … 1,643 1,796 1,586 210 Sheffield … … 1,458 1,257 560 697 Edinburgh … … 2,020 1,894 1,246 648 Manchester … … 1,001 901 479 422 Newcastle … … 1,412 1,409 889 520 London … … 223 169 112 57 Bristol … … 269 127 72 55