§ 60. Mr. Moelwyn Hughes(for Mr. J. Griffiths) asked the Minister of Health the mortality rate from tuberculosis in Wales among females, in the age-groups 15 to 20 years and 20 to 25 years respectively, in the past five years?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health (Miss Horsbrugh)The death-rate per million female population in Wales between the ages 15 and 25 was as follows: —
Figures are not prepared for the separate age-groups 15 to 20 and 20 to 25; the corresponding 1940 record is not yet available.
1935 … … … 1,749 1936 … … … 1,737 1937 … … … 1,566 1938 … … … 1,423 1939 … … … 1,454
§ Mr. HughesIs my hon. Friend satisfied that there has been no increase in deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis in these groups in Wales during the last year?
§ Miss HorsbrughThe provisional figures for England and Wales as a whole have been given in reply to a Question. The whole subject, I think, will come up in the Debate on the Adjournment to-day.
§ Dr. Edith SummerskillAre these figures related to the under-payment of women in industry?
§ Miss HorsbrughSuggestions as to the reasons will perhaps come up in the Debate to-day.