§ 55. Mr. DUNCAN MILLARasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he can state the hospital accommodation within the county of Lanark available for the purpose of the administration of sanatorium benefit; the arrangements made by the county insurance committee with the public health department of the county of Lanark and other local authorities having the management of existing hospitals and sanatoria for the accommodation of insured persons; and the expense in administering the sanatorium benefit within the county during the first six months since the National Insurance Act came into operation?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI am informed that the present number of beds available for the institutional treatment of tuberculosis in the county of Lanark is 183; that the cost of providing sanatorium benefit within the county up to the 15th ultimo was £645 15s. 1d., and that arrangements have been made in conjunction with the public health authority for the immediate admission to sanatoria of all tuberculous insured persons in the county who are recommended for institutional treatment.
§ 67. Sir HENRY CRAIKasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether an insured person named Walter Green, 295, Banbury Road, Oxford, was recommended for immediate sanatorium treatment on the 10th January, when the tuberculosis officer examined him; and whether he will explain why no such provision has yet been made, although the patient is living in a small cottage with his mother and brother 1177 and is a source of infection to his family and the neighbours?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI am informed that the medical adviser reported this case to the insurance committee on 24th January. Acting on his report the committee have taken steps to secure the admission of the patient to the Radcliffe Infirmary, where he will be accommodated in a few days. At present his case is unsuitable for a sanatorium, but if he improves they propose to send him to a sanatorium for a substantial period.