Dr. Russell Thomasasked the Minister of Health (1) whether he will give the percentage increase or decease in the death-rate per 1,000 in 1941, as compared with 327W 1938, from non-pulmonary tuberculosis in children under 15 years of age in Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Edinburgh and Bristol;
(2) whether he will give the percentage increase or decrease in the death-rate per 1,000 in 1941, as compard with 1938, from non-pulmonary tuberculosis in children under 15 years of age in the following counties, excluding county boroughs, if any, Huntingdon, Radnor, Rutland, Pembroke, Montgomery, Devon, Wiltshire, Somerset, Westmorland, Buckinghamshire, Dorset and Bedford?
§ Mr. E. BrownRecords of the numbers of children in individual towns and counties are not available execept in census years, and it is therefore not possible to furnish the death-rates desired. The numbers of deaths of children under 15 years of age from non-pulmonary tuberculosis in 1938 and 1941 in the specified areas were as follow:
1938 1941 Birmingham 36 50 Liverpool 58 103 Manchester 49 55 Sheffield 22 34 Leeds 35 33 Bristol 11 21 Edinburgh 29 38 Glasgow 154 181 Huntingdon 2 3 Radnor — 2 Rutland — 1 Pembroke 4 6 Montgomery 4 1 Devon 14 23 Wiltshire 11 25 Somerset 8 21 Westmorland 2 4 Bucks 13 19 Dorset 14 11 Bedford 16 20 The Scottish figures have been supplied by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.