HC Deb 23 October 1990 vol 178 c108W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the increases registered in cancer mortality rates in the London borough of Tower Hamlets since 1985.

Mr. Dorrell

The number of deaths from major forms of cancer to residents of the London borough of Tower Hamlets have fluctuated over the years since 1985. The data do not show evidence of an overall upward trend in cancer mortality rates in the borough over these years.

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