§ 64. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Health if he will state, for each of the last 10 years, the number of new cases of leukaemia reported; what proportions of sufferers were infants; 15W and to what extent there was a relationship between the incidence and the results of nuclear weapon testing.
§ Mr. BarberI regret that information on the numbers of new cases of leukaemia is not complete. The following table gives the figures of deaths, including those of young children.
No relationship has been shown to exist between the incidence of the disease and nuclear weapon testing.
DEATHS FROM LEUKAEMIA AND ALEUKAENHA ENGLAND AND WALES Year Number of deaths Rate per 100,000 population in age-groups All Ages Aged under 1 year Aged under 5 years (incluing under 1) Under 5 years 1953 … 2,121 20 173 5.1 1954 … 2,160 23 146 4.4 1955 … 2,224 12 146 4.4 1956 … 2,315 11 145 4.4 1957 … 2,394 16 144 4.3 1958 … 2,386 22 141 4.2 1959 … 2,534 15 152 4.4 1960 … 2,694 19 152 4.3 1961 … 2,645 22 165 4.5 1962 … 2,707 17 151 4.0
§ Mrs. Hartasked the Minister of Health how many cases of leukaemia were included among the cases of cancer notified to the General Registry Office in the years since 1957 for which figures of confirmed cases are available.
Mr. Braise
NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRATION ENGLAND AND WALES, 1958–1961 Year Total new registrations (confirmed cases) Cases of Leukaemia (included in previous column) 1958 … … 91,253 1,589 1959 … … 96,542 1,797 1960 … … 104,682 2,112 1961 … … 105,563 2,195 NOTES: (a) The figures for 1962 are not yet available. (b) Registration is not complete. The increase in the figures mainly reflects fuller registration.