HC Deb 27 February 1917 vol 90 cc1865-6W
Mr. HAYDN JONES

asked the Comptroller of the Household, as representing the National Health Insurance Commissioners, how many men and boys, insured and uninsured, respectively, and how many women and girls, insured and uninsured, respectively, in Wales and Monmouthshire were examined during 1916 by the tuberculosis experts of the Welsh National Memorial Association, in conjunction with and on behalf of Welsh county and county borough councils and insurance committees; how many of these, respectively, were found or suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis; what was the total number of persons, both insured and uninsured, suffering from tuberculosis in Wales and Monmouthshire who received institutional treatment during 1916 by the Welsh National Memorial Association, in conjunction with and on behalf of Welsh county and county borough councils and insurance committees; and how many insured persons, suffering from tuberculosis in Wales and Monmouthshire, entitled to sanatorium benefit and recommended by insurance committees for institutional treatment in sanatoria, are now on the waiting lists awaiting admission?

Sir E. CORNWALL

supplied the following statistics:—

(1) Number of persons who were examined during 1916 by the Tuberculosis Physicians:

(a) Insured men and boys 2,904
(b) Uninsured men and boys 2,853
(c) Insured women and girls 825
(d) Uninsured women and girls 3,747
10,329

(2) Number found to be suffering from tuberculosis:

(a) Insured men and boys 1,532
(b) Uninsured men and boys 1,065
(c) Insured women and girls 486
(d) Uninsured women and girls 1,596
Making a total of 4,679

(3) Number suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis and still under observation on the 31st December, 1916:

(a) Insured men and boys 328
(b) Non-insured men and boys 488
(c) Insured women and girls 100
(d) Uninsured women and girls 719
Making a total of 1,635

(4) Number who received institutional treatment during 1916 in hospitals and sanatoria:

(a) Insured men and boys 1,540
(b) Uninsured men and boys 726
(c) Insured women and girls 482
(d) Uninsured women and girls 1,079
Making a total of 3,827

(5) Number of persons suffering from tuberculosis in Wales and Monmouthshire entitled to sanatorium benefit and recommended by Insurance Committees for institutional treatment in sanatoria now on waiting list awaiting admission:

Nil.