§ Mr. R. MORRISONasked the Minister of Health the expenditure for each year from 1923 upon provision and treatment for tuberculosis, maternity and child welfare, venereal disease, and welfare of the blind, respectively?
§ Mr. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAINIt is presumed that the question relates to expenditure out of moneys provided by Parliament. The amounts of such expenditure in England and Wales for the financial years 1923–24 to 1925–26 in respect of the services mentioned in the question were as follow:
— 1923–4. 1924–5. 1925–6. £ £ £ Maternity and Child Welfare. 791,000 814,000 897,000 Treatment of Tuberculosis. 1,337,000 1,430,000 1,547,000 Grants toward provision of Sanatoria. 87,000 15,000 19,000 Treatment of Venereal Diseases. 303,000 298,000 307,000 Welfare of the Blind. 83,000 95,000 104,000