HC Deb 17 November 1930 vol 245 cc63-4W
Mr. CADOGAN

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Commissioners of Crown Lands have purchased the Gorhambury Estate, near St. Alban's; and, if so, with what object this purchase was effected

Dr. ADDISON

The Commissioners of Crown Lands have entered into a contract to purchase 4,923 acres, part of the

(a) Cerebral Meningitis amongst troops in Great Britain.
England and Wales. Scotland.
Cases ratio a thousand soldiers. Cases ratio a thousand soldiers.
1928 9 ˙11 3 ˙06
1929 25 ˙29 3 ˙06
(b) Cerebro-spinal Fever amongst troops in Great Britain (included in (a)).
England and Wales. Scotland.
Cases ratio a thousand soldiers. Cases ratio a thousand soldiers.
1928 4 ˙05
1929 20 ˙23 2 ˙04
(c) Cerebro-spinal Fever notified amongst civil population.
England and Wales. Scotland.
Cases. ratio a thousand of civil population. Cases ratio a thousand of civil population.
1928 412 ˙01 280 ˙10
1929 650 ˙016 463 ˙17
* This disease is not[...]able throughout the whole of Scotland, and the figures gives are for thirteen of the principal towns and the counties of Lanark and Fife.

Gorhambury Estate. The proposed purchase is in pursuance of the Commissioners statutory duty to invest in land capital moneys arising from sales or otherwise, and has no special significance.

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