HC Deb 16 March 1964 vol 691 cc119-20W
Mr. Pounder

asked the Minister of Health how many persons have died from leukaemia and anaemia in each year since 1945 in England and Wales, respectively.

Mr. Barber

The available information is as follows:

DEATHS FROM LEUKAEMIA AND ALEUKAEMIA (I.C.D. No. 204) AND ANAEMIAS (I.C.D. Nos. 290–293)
England and Wales 1945–1962
Leukaemia and Aleukaemia I.C.D. 204
England and Wales
1945 1,347
1946 1,464
1947 1,474
1948 1,507
1949 1,721
England Wales
1950 1,734 98
1951 1,815 112
1952 1,943 100
1953 2,010 111
1954 2,043 117
1955 2,120 104
1956 2,204 111
1957 2,262 132
1958 2,262 124
1959 2,392 142
1960 2,553 141
1961 2,500 145
1962 2,558 149
Anaemias I.C.D. Nos. 290–293
England and Wales
1945 2,751
1946 2,065
1947 2,139
1948 1,851
1949 1,904
1950 1,921
England Wales
1951 1,667 171
1952 1,606 145
1953 1,486 118
1954 1,629 135
1955 1,565 165
1956 1,598 135
1957 1,578 148
1958 1,564 121
1959 1,549 142
1960 1,549 110
1961 1,581 128
1962 1,552 128

Note

I.C.D. = International Classification of Diseases

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