§ Mr. GRUNDYasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that Frederick Shoe-smith, of 9, Cator Street, S.E.15, has been an inmate of Camberwell infirmary for several months, that he is an insured person, and as such has been recommended for sanatorium treatment; and what steps he proposes to take to obtain the benefit expected by this man?
§ Sir A. MONDI understand that an application for sanatorium benefit was received by the London Insurance Committee, on the 12th April last, from this man, who was at the time an inmate of the Camberwell infirmary; that the case is one of advanced tuberculosis; and that Mr. Shoesmith was not therefore recommended for treatment in a sanatorium. I am informed, however, that the case may be suitable for admission to a hospital for the treatment of advanced636W cases of this disease. Consequent upon the termination of sanatorium benefit on the 30th April last, the Insurance Committee ceased on that date to have any power to provide institutional treatment for tuberculosis, and the question of the provision of such treatment is now a matter for the London County Council. There is considerable pressure upon the available accommodation for the treatment of advanced cases of tuberculosis in London at the present time, but I will communicate with the county council in regard to this case.