§ 38. Mrs. Doris Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consideration he is giving to reclassifying those diseases connected with modern industry which are not yet classified as industrial diseases.
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§ Mr. DeanThe schedule of prescribed industrial diseases is kept under continuing review and additions are considered where there is evidence that the requirements of section 56(2) of the Industrial Injuries Act may be met. Two diseases, poisoning by acrylamide monomer and brucellosis, have been prescribed this year and three others, occupational deafness, the vibration syndrome and lung cancer in chromate workers, are under investigation by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.