§ Mr. J. DAVISONasked the Minister of Health if he can state the number of applications made during the past 12 months for sanatorium treatment; the number of people admitted to receive such treatment; the average waiting time between application for treatment and the treatment itself; and whether tuberculosis is on the increase?
§ Sir A. MONDThe returns made to my Department by the local authorities who are responsible for making arrangements for the treatment of tuberculosis do not provide the precise information asked for in the first three parts of the question, but I am sending the hon. Member particulars of the numbers of persons receiving and awaiting treatment, respectively, in residential institutions from local authorities in England on the first day of each month from the 1st June last. As regards the last part of the question, I am sending the hon. Member particulars of the annual notification of, and deaths from, tuberculosis, which indicate that the answer is in the negative.