HC Deb 09 February 1943 vol 386 c1171W
Dr. Morgan

asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that monthly averages of patients awaiting admission to institutions for treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in the county of Lancashire were 83 in 1941 and 89 in 1942; what is the average duration these patients have waited for such treatment; what steps are being taken to increase the number of institutional beds for the treatment of tuberculosis; and what arrangements are being made to relieve this situation?

Mr. E. Brown

The monthly average of pulmonary tuberculosis cases awaiting admission to institutions in the administrative county of Lancashire was 57 in 1941 and 89 in 1942. The average waiting period for ordinary cases is estimated to have been about 14 days in 1941 and about 21 days in 1942. Steps are being taken to relieve the demand for beds for tuberculous cases in various parts of the country by recourse to suitable beds in the Emergency Hospital scheme.