HC Deb 08 July 1937 vol 326 cc581-2W
Mr. J. Griffiths

asked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the increase in the production of canned or preserved food in this country in the past five years; what has been the increase in the same period in the number of factories engaged in this production; and how many of them have been established in the London and Southern areas and how many in the Special Areas?

Mr. Stanley

Information regarding the past five years is not available. The output of preserved meat, fish, vegetables and fruit, as returned at the Censuses of Production for 1930 and 1935 by firms employing more than 10 persons, was as follows:

such patients there are who are on the waiting list?

Sir K. Wood

The number of tuberculous patients receiving treatment in residential institutions under the arrangements of the Leicestershire County Council on the 1st of this month was 168, and there were at that date 21 persons on the waiting list. The corresponding figures for the City of Leicester were 301 patients in institutions and 24 patients on the waiting list.