HC Deb 15 June 1944 vol 400 cc2136-8
33. Mr. McNeil

asked the Minister of Health if he will state the number of deaths from pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis, and the number of cases notified, in England and Wales and in Scotland during 1943, giving the sexes separately; will he give the comparable figures for 1938 to 1942; and whether any age-groups have been especially affected in any increases that may have taken place recently.

The Minister of Health (Mr. Willink)

As the reply involves a number of figures I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Rhys Davies

Will the Minister be good enough to publish what is called the Annual Report of his Department, which would contain these statistics?

Mr. Willink

The statistics asked for will be in HANSARD to-morrow.

Following is the reply:

The following table in which the particulars relating to Scotland have been supplied by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, gives the information for which my hon. Friend asks.
Tuberculosis Deaths.
Year. England and Wales. Scotland.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary.
Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total.
1938 … … 12,445 8,837 21,282 2,261 1,996 4.257 1,396 1,185 2,581 435 416 851
1939 … … 12,702 8,840 21,542 2,229 1,852 4,081 1,506 1,211 2,717 411 398 809
1940 … … 13,920 9,740 23,660 2,381 2,103 4.484 1,669 1,368 3,037 486 480 966
1941 … … 13,985 9,648 23,633 2,653 2,384 5,037 1,646 1,471 3,117 516 542 1,057
1942 … … 12,511 8,478 20,989 2,426 2,134 4,560 1,561 1,482 3,043 473 482 955
1943 … … 13,064 8,276 21,340 2,218 2,092 4,310 1,581 1,395 2,976 473 510 983
Notifications.
1938 … … 21,302 16,577 37,879 6,511 6,299 12,810 2,603 2,190 4793 1,369 1,403 2,772
1939 … … 19,695 15,235 34,930 5,660 5,616 11,276 2,432 2,225 4,657 1,202 1,238 2,440
1940 … … 20,988 15,163 36,151 5,272 5,149 10,421 2,720 2,492 5,212 1,240 1,270 2,510
1941 … … 23,147 16,352 39,499 5,819 5,646 11,465 3,002 2,737 5,739 1,255 1,300 2,555
1942 … … 23.623 17,006 40,629 5,937 6,053 11,990 3,272 2,952 6,224 1,342 1,482 2,824
1943 … … — — 42,458 — — 11,934 3,730 3,485 7,215 1,408 1,465 2,873
Notes. Table for England and Wales. The figures for 1943 are provisional only; separate figures for males and females are not yet available. Comparison of the deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis by age groups in 2943 with those in 1939 shows that increases occurred amongst children under 15 and amongst men at each age group over 35, whereas decreases occurred amongst women of each age group.
Table for Scotland. Age groups specially affected by recent increases in pulmonary tuberculosis are:
Under 5 (M. and F.), 10 to 25 (F.), 15 to 25 (M. and F.), and 25 to 35 (M. and F.).
There are no age groups specially affected by increases in non-pulmonary tuberculosis.