§ Mr. TOUCHEasked the President of the Local Government Board if he can say how many persons suffering from tuberculosis, and entitled under the National Insurance Act to sanatoria benefits, have been provided for by the London County Council; and how many cases are there waiting for accommodation?
§ Mr. BURNSAccording to figures supplied to me on Saturday last, the London Insurance Committee have recommended 114 insured persons for sanatorium benefit, and this they are receiving. I am not aware that there are at present any insured cases waiting for accommodation. On Saturday last the committee had forty-seven vacant beds available, in addition to the services of dispensaries.
§ Mr. TOUCHEasked the President of the Local Government Board how many persons suffering from tuberculosis are being treated in the Poor Law infirmaries of the Metropolis and in the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, distinguishing those of sixteen years of age and upwards from those under sixteen years of age?
§ Mr. BURNSAccording to a Return which I obtained in November last, the number of cases of tuberculosis being treated in the Poor Law infirmaries, sick wards, and district sick asylums of the Metropolis comprised 2,352 persons of sixteen years and upwards, and 163 under sixteen years of age. The numbers in the children's institutions of the Metropolitan Asylums Board were 588, of which all but two were under sixteen.