HC Deb 13 February 1939 vol 343 cc1395-6W
Mr. Leach

asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider supplying, in a Parliamentary Paper, the information in the possession of his Department as to the extent to which advertisements offering to treat persons for cancer are inserted in the public Press, and cases of cancer are receiving treatment by irregular practitioners of medicine?

Mr. Bernays

The information in the possession of my Department is that advertisements offering to treat persons for cancer are now seldom or never inserted in the public Press. My right hon. Friend has no detailed information as to the extent to which cases of cancer are receiving treatment by irregular practitioners.