§ Mr. J. Bennettasked the Minister of Health how many known cases of leukaemia there are in Britain.
§ Mr. BraineCentral records are not kept of the actual number of people suffering from leukaemia at any one time, but the number in England and Wales is estimated to be of the order of 4,000.
§ Mr. J. Bennettasked the Minister of Health how many persons died of leukaemia disease in the years 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962.
§ Mr. Greenwoodasked the Minister of Health if he will give particulars of the numbers of deaths attributed to leukaemia in each year from 1945 onwards.
§ Mr. BraineThe following is the reply:
DEATHS FROM LEUKALMIA AND ALEUKAEMIA ENGLAND AND WALES 1945–1962 Year Number of deaths Year Number of deaths 1945 1,289 1954 2,160 1946 1,419 1955 2,224 1947 1,452 1956 2,315 1948 1,489 1957 2,394 1949 1,703 1958 2,386 1950 1,832 1959 2,534 1951 1,927 1960 2,694 1952 2,043 1961 2,645 1953 2,121 1962 2,707
§ Mr. J. Bennettasked the Minister of Health what tests have been made under the National Health Service of the anti-leukaemia serum developed by M. Naessens; and what proposals he has for further tests in the future.
§ Mr. BarberNone. I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Members for Birkenhead (Mr. Collick) and Shetteston (Sir M. Galpern) on 16th January.