§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health if he is satisfied with the accommodation provided by the various local authorities within the United Kingdom for the sufferers from tuberculosis; what as the total number of cases notified for 1924; what number are receiving institutional treatment; and what is the number of people for whom no such treatment is available because of institutional shortage?
§ Sir K. WOODAs regard England and Wales, the answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, except that there is need in certain areas for the provision of additional accommodation for cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis and for cases of advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. The total number of fresh cases notified during 1923, the last year for which figures are at present available, was 79,388. The number of cases receiving treatment in residential institutions on the 1st February last was 18,427, while the number recommended for such treatment, who had then been waiting for more than 10 days, was 3,436. It may, however, be anticipated that most of these cases have now been admitted to institutions. Any question relating to these matters in Scotland should be addressed to the Under-Secretary for Health for that country.
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