HC Deb 11 November 1952 vol 507 c39W
Miss Ward

asked the Minister of Health the estimated expenditure per person suffering from tuberculosis for 1952–53 in each regional board area; and the percentage of the population suffering from this disease calculated on the same basis.

Mr. Iain Macleod

I regret that the information asked for in the first part of the Question is not available. The latest available information in answer to the second part is contained in the following table:

TUBERCULOSIS
Regional Hospital Area Number of Notified Cases on Chest Clinic Registers at 31st December, 1951 Percentage of population
Per cent.
1. Newcastle 19,706 .68
2. Leeds 14,745 .48
3. Sheffield 25,986 .63
4. East Anglian 7,449 .51
5. N.W. Metropolitan 29,616 .73
6. N.E. Metropolitan 21,750 .72
7. S.E. Metropolitan 27,601 .86
8. S.W. Metropolitan 30,471 .67
9. Oxford 6,474 .45
10. South Western 16,839 .61
11. Wales 21,831 .84
12. Birmingham 26,013 .58
13. Manchester 25,297 .58
14. Liverpool 15,294 .73