§ Mr. Oakesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many claims for industrial injury he has approved in respect of toxic poisoning by metals or chemical substances other than lead; and if he will specify the substances in-
Numbers Disease 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 Poisoning by:— Lead or a compound of lead 101 99 107 111 107 Manganese or a compound of manganese — — — 2 — Phosphorus or phosphine or poisoning due to the anti-cholinesterase action of organic phosphorus compounds — — 6 4 2 Arsenic or a compound of arsenic 1 1 1 — — Mercury or a compound of mercury 3 — 4 6 4 Benzene or a homologue 4 1 2 6 3 A nitro- or amino- or chloro- derivative of benzene or of a homologue of benzene, or poisoning by nitrochlorbenzene 4 7 1 12 5 Dinitrophenol or a homologue or by substituted dinitriphenols or by the salts of such substances — 1 1 — — Tetrachlorethane — — — — 1 Methylbromide — — — 1 — Chlorinated naphthalene. — 1 — — — Nickel carbonyl — 4 9 1 1 Nitrous fumes 3 2 3 3 — Beryllium or a compound of beryllium 2 2 — — — Cadmium — 3 3 2 —