§ Mr Patchettasked the Paymaster General how many cases of occupational lead poisoning have been recorded in Britain for each year since 1974 (Health and Safety at Work Act); and how many of these cases each year were in the lead/acid battery manufacturing industry.
§ Mr. TrippierThe table below shows the total number of cases of lead poisoning reported each year. I regret that there is no full information about how many of these were in the battery manufacturing industry.
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Number 1974 36 1975 27 1976 31 1977 12 1978 14 1979 8 1980 11 results in the higher end of the range are thus more an indication of the frequency of sampling than of the number of workers with those levels.
Number 1981 3 1982 4 1983 1 1984 3 1985 5