Mrs. Adamsonasked the Minister of Health the number of persons under 16 and over 16 years of age, respectively, at present on waiting lists for admission to sanatoria in counties and county boroughs in England and Wales.
§ Mr. WillinkI have not the exact information asked for in the Question, but the returns made by local authorities distinguish children under 15, and those over that age, to whom for this purpose I shall refer to as adults. At 31st December, 1943, the latest date for which figures are available, the numbers of tuberculosis cases awaiting institutional treatment pro-418W vided by tuberculosis authorities in England and Wales were 529 children and 2,752 adults, of which 233 children and 189 adults were non-pulmonary cases.