38. Mr. McNeilasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of new pulmonary tuberculosis cases notified between 1st June, 1943, and 1st November, 1943; and the numbers for the comparable periods in 1942, 1941 and 1940?
Mr. JohnstonNotifications between 1st June and 1st November, 1943, were 3,073. The corresponding figure for the same period in 1942 was 2,633, in 1941 2,361, in 1940 2,118.
Mr. McNeilWill my right hon. Friend now agree, from the figures he has supplied, that his scheme for dealing with tuberculosis by excluding chronic sufferers has obviously failed to restrict the spread of infection in the country?
Mr. McNeilWill my right hon. Friend tell me to what he attributes the increase, since he thinks he has cut out an area of infection?
Mr. JohnstonMy hon. Friend asked for statistics going back to 1940. The scheme to which he alludes now is another matter altogether. It is dealing entirely with war-time temporary conditions.