HC Deb 21 January 1964 vol 687 cc116-7W
Mr. J. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State far Scotland how many known cases of leukaemia disease there are in Scotland.

Mr. Noble

Central records are not kept of the actual number of people suffering from leukaemia at any one time. But it is estimated that there are probably rather more than 400 cases in Scotland at present.

Mr. J. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many deaths have occurred because of leukaemia disease in Scotland in each of the last five years.

Mr. Noble

The number of deaths from leukaemia in Scotland in 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962 were 259, 264, 256, 282 and 289, respectively.

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