Description | Digest of Pnemoconiosis Statistics for the years 1954-1968, 1971-1972 and 1975. The file also includes 'Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis', a leaflet published by the Minstry of Pensions and National Insurance in June 1962; 'Disablement and Death Benefits for Uncompensated Cases', a leaflet publushed by the Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Board in May 1962; and 'Coalworkers' Pneumoconiosis, Emphysema and Bronchitis: A Report to the National Union of Mineworkers', commisioned by the National Union of Mineworkers in 1976 and prepared by John Craw, Dewi Davies, Julian Tudor Hart, Stephen Jones and Michael CS Kennedy. |
Administrative History | The Digest of Pneumoconiosis Statistics was prepared and published by the Ministry of Fuel and Power between until 1957; it became the responsibility of the Ministry of Power between 1957 and 1968, and later the Ministry of Technology, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Energy, and the Health and Safety Executive. |