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Mr. P. Williams
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will give the categories of ill-health which caused the greatest number of working days lost during 1959, 1960 and 1961.
Mr. Boyd-Carpenter
The following categories of ill-health caused the greatest amounts of incapacity for work recorded among people insured for sickness and injury benefits under the National Insurance Acts in the latest years for which figures are available:
| MILLION DAYS (IGNORING SUNDAYS) | ||
| — | Year ended on | |
| 30th May, 1959 | 4th June, 1960 | |
| Bronchitis | 31 | 29 |
| Mental illness | 27 | 27 |
| Rheumatism and arthritis | 20 | 21 |
| Diseases of the heart | 18 | 19 |
| Accidents attracting injury benefit | 19 | 20 |
| Accidents attracting sickness benefit | 18 | 19 |
| Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 13 | 11 |
| Diseases of the stomach and duodenum, except cancer | 12 | 13 |
| Influenza | 21 | 9 |