HC Deb 23 March 1943 vol 387 cc1480-1W
Mr. Douglas

asked the Minister of Health to state, for the year 1938, the number of deaths from pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis, respectively, which occurred in the following areas of England and Wales, respectively, the administrative county of London, the rest of Greater London, excluding the county boroughs of Croydon and East and West Ham, the county boroughs, the non-county boroughs and urban districts and the rural districts?

Mr. E. Brown

The figures for which my hon. Friend asks are as follow:

Respiratory Tuberculosis Other Tuberculosis
London Administrative County 2,590 347
Croydon County Borough 117 20
East Ham County Borough 81 8
West Ham County Borough 172 19
The rest of Greater London 1,777 318
Outside Greater London
County Boroughs 8,474 1,492
Other Urban Areas 5,968 1,375
Rural Districts 2,751 667

My hon. Friend might like to refer to Table 24 of the Registrar General's Statistical Review of England and Wales for 1938, in which the numbers of deaths from respiratory and other tuberculosis are analysed in considerable detail of area, sex and age.