§ 41. Sir R. THOMASasked the Minister of Health what are the returns of deaths from tuberculosis in North Wales for the years 1919 and 1926; and whether the statistics show an increase or a decrease upon the figures for the corresponding period before the War?
§ Sir K. WOODWith the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate the figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT. The figures show a considerable diminution in the death-rate from tuberculosis in each of the six counties in North Wales since 1911.
§ Following are the figures:
§ The death-rate from tuberculosis in each administrative county and county borough appears in the Registrar-General's Annual Reports and Statistical Review, Part I, for the years 1911–1925.
§ The death-rates per million living for 1911, 1919 and 1926 in the six counties in North Wales are as follows:
| —— | 1926. | 1919. | 1911. | |
| Anglesey | … | 1,448 | 1,681 | 1,787 |
| Carnarvonshire | … | 1,661 | 2,155 | 2,216 |
| Denbighshire | … | 779 | 1,206 | 1,509 |
| Flintshire | … | 723 | 1,052 | 1,387 |
| Merionethshire | … | 1,494 | 1,910 | 2,089 |
| Montgomershire | … | 979 | 1,394 | 1,318 |