§ Mr. Luceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of people known to be suffering from chronic bronchial asthma.
§ Mr. AlisonThe number of people suffering from chronic bronchial asthma in England and Wales is not known. However, during 1971 there were 1,198 deaths attributed to asthma, and it is estimated that about 35,000 discharges from National Health Service hospitals were of in-patients who had been treated for asthma.