HC Deb 09 March 1976 vol 907 c204W
Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths directly attributable to asbestosis have been recorded in the United Kingdom since the eighth revision of the Classification of Diseases in 1968; and how these figures compare with those of the years preceding the new classification.

Mr. O'Malley

Available figures, based on information recorded at death registration, are as follows:

England and Wales Scotland
1963 … 12 n.a
1964 … 17 n.a
1965 … 16 n.a
1966 … 19 n.a
1967 … 23 n.a
1968 … 13 3
1969 … 21 1
1970 … 23 7
1971 … 20 7
1972 … 25 7
1973 … 19 9
1974 … 22 3

Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many deaths, officially recorded in the past five years as being due to mesothelioma, recorded asbestosis as a secondary cause of death.

Mr. O'Malley

Deaths in England and Wales for which the medical certificates showed mesothelioma as the underlying cause and also mentioned an association with asbestos were:

1970 … 50
1971 … 37
1972 … 50
1973 … 55
1974 … 69

Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women and children have been recorded in each of the last five years as having contracted asbestosis.

Mr. O'Malley

I regret that this information is not available.