§ Mr. A. Edwardsasked the Minister of Health the number of cases of tuberculosis for the first quarter of the current year as compared with the same period of 1943 and 1942, respectively.
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§ Mr. WillinkFinal figures for the first quarter of the current year are not yet available, but the provisional monthly figures that I receive from medical officers of health, show approximately 13,350 notifications of tuberculosis in the first 12 weeks of this year. The corresponding figures for the equivalent periods in 1943 and 1942 were approximately 13,000 and 12,100, respectively.