HC Deb 19 October 1939 vol 352 c1068W
Mr. G. Griffiths

asked the Minister of Health when the ante-natal and child welfare centres and the tuberculosis dispensaries of local authorities will resume their normal activities?

Mr. Elliot

I understand that local authorities generally are using their best endeavours to remedy such disturbances as have been caused by war conditions in the services referred to, and my policy is to encourage this process to the utmost. The hon. Member no doubt appreciates that the actual extent of the service required in any particular area may have been increased or decreased as the result of changes in the distribution of the population, and it is scarcely possible to say when a condition which could be described as normal will be reached in all areas.