HC Deb 03 February 1953 vol 510 c1650
37. Mrs. Mann

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of persons per room in Scotland and a comparison with the similar position in England, as at the last census.

Commander Galbraith

I would refer the hon. Lady to Part I of the one-percent. sample tables of the 1951 Census, which shows that the number of persons per room in Scotland was 1.04 (compared with 1.27 in 1931) and in England and Wales 0.73 (compared with 0.83 in 1931).

Mrs. Mann

Does the right hon. and gallant Gentleman not think this disparity is related to the disparity in the rate of tuberculosis in Scotland?

Commander Galbraith

Well, I can think that it might be.