§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the life expectancy at birth in (a) Tayside and (b) Scotland for men and women; and how these figures compare with the 1948 figures.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe information available is given in the table below; data for the Tayside region are not available for 1948.
Scotland who died of tuberculosis; and how this compares with the 1948 figure.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe number of deaths from tuberculosis in Scotland in 1978 609W was 133; the comparable figure for 1948 was 3,901.