Early mesothelioma statistics
- Reference:GB 249 OEDA/D/3/2/1
- Dates of Creation:1972-1985
- Physical Description:7 folders
Paper
Scope and Content
Structured into ‘correspondence’ and 'other'.
Correspondence is 1979-1985, some of it original, and includes a version of John Todd's compilation on asbestos victims from the Glasgow branch of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), 1975-1983; also correspondence with G E ('Ted') Rushworth, the HSE, DHSS, etc.
Papers are 1972-1984 and include
- copies of 'UK in figures' 1978-1983 and 'Guide to government statistics' 1980, 1984
- notes and papers c.1972-1985 including press coverage, excerpts from Hansard reports, telephone memoranda, graphs, tables of ‘Death certificates mentioning asbestos-related disease’ (based on Hansard), copies of 'Home Office statistical bulletin' 1982 & 1983, HSE health & safety statistics, occasional and annotated copies of ‘OPCS Monitor’, photocopies of ‘Social security statistics’, Central Statistical Office’s ‘Annual abstract of statistics’ and ‘Social trends’, annotated copy of an early issue of 'SPAID news', and HSE’s ‘Digest of pneumoconiosis statistics'
Originally included a photocopy (not annotated) of M J Gardner et al. (1983) 'Atlas of cancer mortality in England and Wales, 1968-1978'. A copy of the original work can be consulted in Special Collections (see Library Catalogue at http://suprimo.lib.strath.ac.uk/).Access Information
No access restrictions.
Archivist's Note
Created by Anna-K Mayer, 10 November 2016
John Todd material may require access restricion on ground of DPA and/or posthumous medical confidentiality/akm October 2016
Custodial History
From a lever arch filed inscribed 'Statistics | (45) | Statistics. March 1980. | Early statistics | B6'
Additional Information
published