28. Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSasked whether Rose Cox, an insured person recommended for institutional treatment in a sanatorium on the 29th March last, has yet been given such treatment by the Hertfordshire insurance committee; and how many similar cases are on the waiting list of that committee?
§ Mr. MASTERMANA formal application for sanatorium benefit was received from the insured person referred to on 4th April, and she received domiciliary treatment on the same day. She was subsequently, after examination by the county tuberculosis officer, recommended for institutional treatment; and arrangements have been made for her to enter the Mount Vernon Hospital. The number of insured persons on the waiting list in this area is fifteen, but several of these have only recently been reported to this committee, who are now negotiating for additional accommodation.
Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether the 1650 arrangements made for treating her in Mount Vernon Hospital were made since this question appeared on the Paper?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI cannot say that.
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Chancellor of the Exchequer informed the public that there would be a first-class hotel in the country waiting for every person who wanted sanatorium treatment?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe Chancellor of the Exchequer informed the country that every person would receive sanatorium treatment who was in need of that treatment. So far as I know, every person who is in need of sanatorium treatment is receiving it.
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEDoes the right hon. Gentleman mean to imply that my question is incorrect?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI am very reluctant to say so. If the hon. Gentleman will do me the honour to go with me to the school at Carshalton, where over 200 persons have been received for treatment from the London Insurance Committee, he will see that the first-class hotel is a mild way of describing these benefits.