asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make available the figures comparing the standardised mortality rate for miners with other industrial workers in respect of the following diseases: bronchitis, pneumoconiosis, pneumoconiosis complicated with tuberculosis, and rheumatic heart disease.
The following standardised mortality ratios are derived from the Occupational Mortality Supplement for England and Wales based on the 1961 Census of Population and relate to men aged 15–64:professions supplementary to medicine in each of the hospitals of the new Nottinghamshire Area Health Authority; what are the numbers at present on strength; and what steps are being taken to recruit more staff.
Information in the form requested is not readily available and detailed staffing figures could not be obtained from the hospital authorities without disproportionate effort.In terms of whole-time equivalents the numbers of staff currently employed by hospital authorities in the area covered by the Nottinghamshire AHA(T) are:
| Chiropodists | 6¾ |
| Dietitians | 10 |
| Medical Laboratory Technicians | 214 |
| Orthoptists | 6¼ |
| Occupational Therapists | 27 |
| Physiotherapists | 82 |
| Radiographers | 102½ |
| Remedial Gymnasts | 8 |