§ Sir W. SUGDENasked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of 1570W Health, the present institutional accommodation obtaining in Lancashire for f tuberculosis cases both in their earlier f stages and later; and when he hopes to be able to deal completely with this grave e problem in this country?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERThe county council are the authority primarily responsible for the provision of institutional treatment for tuberculosis in Lancashire, and I am informed that the number of beds at present provided by the county council is 688, of which 210 are for early pulmonary cases, 362 for intermediate and advanced pulmonary cases, and 116 for non-pulmonary cases. Although certain proposals of the council for providing further accommodation have been suspended on account of the present financial stringency, the existing facilities appear to be yielding good results. The tuberculosis death-rate for 1921 was 0.95 per 1,000 population, which is the lowest ever recorded in the county.