§ 66. Major ENTWISTLEasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the report issued by the Kingston-upon-Hull Insurance Committee dealing with the administration of sanatorium benefit for the year ending 31st December, 1919, in which it is pointed out that a large proportion of the number of persons who apply for sanatorium benefit die within a comparatively short period after treatment where such treatment is not followed up by effective after-care; whether he is aware of the striking improvement which has taken place in Hull since the establishment of an after-care committee; and, if so, whether it is the policy of the Minister in his scheme for combating tuberculosis that after-care will form an integral part thereof and receive liberal financial encouragement from Imperial sources?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe answer to the first three parts of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the last part, the financial arrangements in connection with the scheme for combating tuberculosis are under consideration.