Dr. Russell Thomasasked the Minister of Health (1) the death-rate per 1,000 of the total population from non-pulmonary tuberculosis in the following counties, excluding county boroughs, in 1938 and 1941: Huntingdon, Radnor, Rutland, Pembroke, Devon, Somerset, Westmorland, Buckingham, Dorset and Bedford;
(2) the death rate per 1,000 of the total population from non-pulmonary tuberculosis in 1938 and 1941 in Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Edinburgh and Bristol?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe death rates per 1,000 of the total population from non-pulmonary tuberculosis in 1938 and 1941 in the specified areas were as follow:
— 1938. 1941 (Civilians only). Glasgow … … .24 .33 Birmingham … … .08 .11 Liverpool … … .13 .24 Manchester … … .14 .19 Sheffield … … .08 .11 Leeds … … .12 .10 Edinburgh … … .16 .18 Bristol … … .10 .15 Huntingdon … … .14 .10 Radnor … … .10 .18 Rutland … … .002 .10 Pembroke … … .13 .15 Devon … … .10 .12 Somerset … … .08 .08 Westmorland … … .08 .14 Bucks … … .08 .09 Dorset … … .10 .07 Bedford … … .10 .11 The rates shown for 1941 must be regarded as being subject to varying and unknown degrees of distortion owing to the fact that deaths occurring in institutions will have been assigned to the former areas of residence while the populations of such areas may have been materially diminished or augmented through evacuation or other war conditions. The Scottish figures have been supplied by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.