§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the
Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of myeloid leukaemia and rates per 100,000 population, 1974–78 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978* Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female North-West Thames Number 64 64 62 52 68 71 68 72 60 60 Rate 3.8 3.6 3.7 2.9 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.4 North-East Thames Number 64 57 59 38 38 41 53 47 40 41 Rate 3.5 3.0 3.3 2.0 2.1 2.1 3.0 2.5 2.2 2.1 South-East Thames Number 58 69 67 76 79 92 77 64 62 54 Rate 3.4 3.2 3.9 4.0 4.6 4.9 4.5 3.4 3.7 2.9 South-West Thames Number 60 51 50 64 67 57 51 55 50 33 Rate 4.4 3.4 3.6 4.3 4.9 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 2.2 North Western Number 72 75 79 89 50 91 81 84 69 70 Rate 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.2 2.6 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.4 West Midlands Number 82 75 108 78 68 70 77 71 NA NA Rate 3.2 2.9 4.2 3.0 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.7 NA NA Mersey Number 53 52 39 42 35 48 48 33 30 27 Rate 4.4 4.0 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.7 4.0 2.6 2.5 2.1 Northern Number 53 37 53 34 33 50 46 49 40 36 Rate 3.5 2.3 3.5 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.3 South Western Number 62 61 72 63 67 62 86 74 70 52 Rate 4.1 3.8 4.7 3.9 4.4 3.8 5.9 4.8 4.5 3.2 England and Wales Number 893 802 968 860 859 894 916 872 880 810 Rate 3.7 3.2 4.0 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.2 * Figures for 1978 are provisional and subject to upward revision. Numbers and rates for England and Wales are estimates.