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1 chairman, Dr. Rhodes. Discussion led by E.R.A.
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2 Merewether.
3 In 1948 I made a note of the deaths from
4 asbestosis, asbestosis with tuberculosis and either of
5 these with also cancer of the lung, recorded in the
6 United Kingdom from 1924 to 1947.
7 I have now brought these figures up to
8 date.
9 Our latest figures are recorded deaths from
10 asbestosis, asbestosis with tuberculosis, or either
11 complicated with cancer of the lung, with cancer, are
12 306.
13 I am excluding 10 of these where there is
14 also cancer of sites other than the lungs.
15 Our net figures are, therefore, 296 deaths
16 and of these 48 or 16.2 percent were associated with
17 cancer of the lung.
18 This shows an increase from a 13.2 percent
19 disclosed by our earlier figures. This means that, as
20 more deaths from asbestosis come to hand, the
21 cumulative percentage of deaths with complicating