§ Mr. HARDIEasked the Minister of Health what is the amount of the yearly grants given by the Government for the treatment of infectious diseases; and the yearly amount rated for by local authorities for the same purpose?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYThe grants paid during the year ended the 31st March last for the treatment of infectious diseases in England and Wales amounted to, approximately, £1,607,000. These grants were mainly in aid of the cost of the treatment of tuberculosis and venereal diseases, no grant being available generally for the treatment of the ordinary infectious diseases. The total amount paid out of the rates for the1390W treatment of infectious diseases generally was, approximately, £5,088,000 in the financial year 1921–22, the last year for which complete returns are at present available.