Mr. FRED HALL (Dulwich)asked the Secretary to the Treasury the number of insured persons in England and Wales whom it is estimated will require to be treated in sanatoria during the year 1913, the cost of such treatment per person, and the sum of money available out of the Insurance Fund for the same?
§ Mr. MASTERMANIt is not at the present time possible to say how many insured persons will during the year 1913 1891W require treatment in sanatoria, in tuberculosis dispensaries, and in other institutions respectively. The cost of treatment in sanatoria varies in diffent institutions. The amount available out of the National Health Insurance Fund for the institutional treatment of tuberculosis for the ensuing year is estimated at about £450,000.