§ 44. Mr. MANDERasked the Minister of Health whether any experiments have been, or are being, carried out in connection with the Spahlinger treatment of tuberculosis?
§ Mr. GREENWOODNo such experiments have been or are being carried out by or in co-operation with my Department.
§ Mr. MANDERIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that experiments in connection with this question are being carried on in Northern Ireland at the present time?
§ The numbers asked for are shown in the following table:—
| England and Wales. | ||||||||
| Year. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | ||||||
| New cases notified. | Deaths. | New cases notified. | Deaths. | |||||
| 1915 | … | … | … | … | 68,309 | 40,803 | 22,283 | 13,492 |
| 1920 | … | … | … | … | 57,844 | 32,791 | 15,488 | 9,754 |
| 1925* | … | … | … | … | 60,770 | 32,382 | 20,667 | 8,005 |
| 1929* | … | … | … | … | 57,274 | 31,425 | 18,682 | 6,565 |
| * For the years 1925 and 1929 the figures include all new cases coming to the notice of Medical Officers of Health, whether as a result of notification under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations or otherwise. | ||||||||
| I am advised that there is no information available on which to base any reliable estimate of the numbers of these cases or deaths which were due to infection of bovine origin. |