§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Health if he will give the number of
158Wthe numbers of premises where contravention of the Food Acts and general regulations was found per 1,000 population, or in some other suitable form, so that comparisons can be made for 1960, in the cities with populations of between 200,000 and 500,000.
§ Miss PittThe following information relating to contraventions of Section 8 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955 (sale of food unfit for human consumption) and of the Food Hygiene Regulations made under Section 13 of the Act has been obtained from the county borough councils concerned.
people who during the past ten years have died from bronchitis and pneumoconiosis, respectively, per 1,000 of the 159W population in England, the north-western area, south-western area, and in the cities of Stoke-on-Trent, Salford,
DEATH RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION ASSIGNED TO BRONCHITIS 1951 TO 1960 PNEUMOCONIOSIS 1958 TO 1960* Area Bronchitis Pneumoconiosis† 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960* 1958 1959 1960* ENGLAND 0.84 0.62 0.69 0.57 0.64 0.66 0.60 0.65 0.64 Not yet available 0.02 0.02 Not yet available Regions:— North Western 1.15 0.78 0.82 0.81 0.87 0.85 0.79 0.85 0.82 Not yet available 0.02 0.02 Not yet available South Western 0.62 0.41 0.50 0.41 0.47 0.49 0.41 0.44 0.42 Not yet available 0.03 0.02 Not yet available County Boroughs:— Stoke-on-Trent 1.10 0.83 0.83 0.81 0.89 0.68 0.70 0.69 0.58 0.68 0.23 0.17 0.17 Salford 1.78 1.33 1.59 1.19 1.33 1.46 1.37 1.56 1 .31 1.21 — 0.01 — Manchester 1.45 1.05 1.13 1.09 1.14 1.13 1.08 1.15 1.16 1.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 Bournemouth 0.83 0.56 0.53 0.49 0.54 0.50 0.58 0.58 0.68 0.51 0.01 0.05 0.02 Eastbourne 0.38 0.30 0.49 0.40 0.50 0.35 0.33 0.50 0.43 0.36 0.05 — 0.02 Brighton 0.91 0.48 0.94 0.52 0.65 0.83 0.65 0.71 0.57 0.68 0.01 0.01 0.01 * Provisional figures. † Deaths assigned to pneumoconiosis were not tabulated for local areas before 1958. NOTE: Rates in italic based on less than 20 deaths.