§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in Scotland are registered as suffering from silicosis due to work in (a) mining, (b) bricklaying and (c) steelworking.
§ Mr. O'MalleyThe table below gives the number of miners and steel workers who in each of the last 10 years were for industrial injuries purposes diagnosed as suffering from pneumoconiosis, which includes silicosis, by the Glasgow pneumoconiosis medical panel which deals with claims made in Scotland. Figures for bricklaying are not available.
Coal Mining Steel Working 1965* 166 50 1966* 121 39 1967* 30 10 1968* 27 15 1969* 36 13 1970 24 11 1971 19 5 1972 14 11 1973 12 6 1974 12 8 * Includes cases diagnosed by Edinburgh pneumoconiosis medical panel which closed in 1969.