HC Deb 07 December 1948 vol 459 c41W
Mr. Granville

asked the Minister of Health if, in order to secure the maximum labour force for agriculture, he will review the position regarding the building of agricultural workers' cottages by rural authorities, including the formation

(1) Acute Rheumatism.
Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital. Taplow, Maidenhead, Berks. Clinical and laboratory investigation of Rheumatic Fever.
Sheffield, Bristol, and parts of Lincolnshire Social investigation of notified cases of acute rheumatism in children.
University College Hospital, London Experimental study of changes in the blood and tissues in rheumatic fever.
(2) Chronic Rheumatism (Arthritis, etc.).
Manchester University Rheumatism Research Centre. Clinical and Laboratory Investigation of chronic arthritic disorders. Special investigation of rheumatic disease in miners.
(Manchester Royal Infirmary and allied hospitals, Miners Rheumatism clinic at Walkden, Lancs.) and Machester University Institute of Bone Pathology.
Leeds University Rheumatism Research Unit. Clinical and laboratory investigation of chronic rheumatic diseases.
(Leeds General Infirmary, Royal Bath Hospital, Harrogate, and allied hospitals).
Royal Free Hospital Rheumatism Unit, Lawns Road, Hampstead, London. Clinical and laboratory investigation of chronic rheumatic diseases.
Hospitals in London, Bristol, Leeds and elsewhere. Special statistical inquiry into the Clinical and social aspects of rheumatoid arthritis.
Maclean Laboratory, Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth, London. Investigation into immunology of patients with arthritis, etc.

In addition investigation is taking place at a number of hospitals where treatment is carried out, such as Liverpool Royal Infirmary; Bristol Royal Hospital, and the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath; St. Stephen's Hospital, London; and West London Hospital.