67. Dr. Russell Thomasasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, as the death rate per 1,000, excluding county boroughs, due to non-pulmonary tuberculosis, showed a decrease in 1941, as compared to 1938, of 29 per cent. in the county of Huntingdon, of 30 per cent. in Dorset and remained stationary in Somerset in spite of an additional child population of nearly 60,000 in 1941 in these three counties, what percentage of milk sold for domestic purposes in these counties is pasteurised?
§ Mr. MabaneI regret that the information asked for is not available.
Dr. ThomasIs the Minister aware that the percentage of milk pasteurised in these areas is practically nil?
68. Dr. Thomasasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, as the death-rate per 1,000 due to non-pulmonary tuberculosis showed an increase in 1941 as compared to 1938 of 85 per cent. in Liverpool, of 37½ per cent. in Glasgow and of 36 per cent. in Manchester in spite of a reduction in child population in 1939 of at least 170,000 in these three cities, what percentage of milk sold for domestic purposes in these three cities is pasteurised?
§ Mr. MabaneApproximately 76 per cent. of the milk sold in Liverpool for domestic purposes is pasteurised and approximately 80 per cent. in Glasgow and Manchester.