§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths there were, to the latest available date, from cancer, bronchitis and pneumoconiosis in each of the regional health authorities; and what were the figures for 1970, 1965, 1960, 1955 and 1950, respectively.
§ Dr. OwenData by hospital regions are available only for the period from 1963 and for the areas of the former regional hospital boards. Numbers of deaths were as follows:
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Hospital Region 1963 1965 1970 1973 South West— Cancer … … … … 6,747 6,853 7,740 8,445* Bronchitis … … … … 1,810 1,525 1,548 1,420* Welsh— Cancer … … … … 5,932 6,131 6,466 6,783* Bronchitis … … … … 2,101 1,881 1,853 1,679* Birmingham— Cancer … … … … 9,646 10,005 11,127 11,838* Bronchitis … … … … 3,642 3,175 2,861 2,689* Manchester— Cancer … … … … 10,523 10,829 11,537 11,673* Bronchitis … … … … 4,363 3,747 3,488 3,004* Liverpool— Cancer … … … … 4,799 4,980 5,520 5,580* Bronchitis … … … … 1,792 1,475 1,487 1,500* England and Wales— Cancer … … … … 103,810 107,770 117,076 121,297 Bronchitis … … … … 35,332 29,569 28,936 26,298 * Deaths of visitors from outside England and Wales are excluded from regional figures for 1973 but included elsewhere throughout the table. Comparable figures for pneumoconiosis deaths are not available by regions.