HC Deb 02 December 1957 vol 579 c12W
Dr. D. Johnson

asked the Minister of Health the number of deaths that have occurred from accidental poisoning due to insecticide used in agriculture over the past 10 years, on the basis of the information supplied for the returns of the Registrar General.

Mr. Walker-Smith

Accidental deaths by poisoning are classified by the Registrar General according to the poisonous substance causing death and no information from that source is available to distinguish deaths due to poisoning by insecticides in particular.