HC Deb 01 July 1953 vol 517 c31W
Mr. P. Williams

asked the Minister of Education whether she will give the incidence of tuberculosis among schoolmasters and schoolmistresses separately.

Miss Horsbrugh

The number of teachers in maintained and assisted schools whose employment was suspended during the past five years on the ground that they were suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis was as follows:—

Year Men Women Total
1949 73 72 145
1950 95 99 194
1951 98 111 209
1952 112 99 211
1953 to date 50 72 122