§ Mr. ASTORasked the President of the Local Government Board how many local authorities have agreed to provide treatment for all tuberculous persons in their area; and how many local authorities have only made provision for the treatment of insured persons suffering from tuberculosis?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELOne hundred and fifteen councils have submitted to the Local Government Board schemes for providing institutional treatment for persons suffering from tuberculosis, and in all these cases the scheme either expressly or by application provides for the treatment of non-insured as well as insured persons. There are now six county councils and five county borough councils which have not yet submitted such schemes. In the case of one of these counties, the Isles of Scilly, no scheme is needed; in another (London) arrangements for providing institutional treatment for the non-insured as well as the insured population are now being developed. Of the county boroughs, two, Bournemouth and Grimsby, will, I have reason to believe, submit schemes at an early date.