§ Mr. John E. Haireasked the Minister of Health how many registered cases of tuberculosis are there in the High Wycombe Borough and Wycombe Rural areas, stated separately; and how many have been waiting more than six months for admission to a sanatorium.
§ Mr. BevanMy information is that the number of respiratory and non-respiratory cases respectively in Chepping Wycombe Borough are 192 and 69, and in Wycombe Rural District 347 and 145. Six respiratory cases in the borough and four in the rural district have been on the waiting list for institutional treatment for more than six months.
§ Mr. Bramallasked the Minister of Health the number of persons known to be suffering from tuberculosis in England and Wales, by sex and age groups, for the last available date; and the corresponding figures for the year 1938.