HC Deb 01 March 1954 vol 524 c71W
Mr. Crouch

asked the Minister of Health the number of diabetics in this country in 1920, 1938, 1948 and 1953 respectively.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The number of persons suffering from diabetes in England and Wales in the years specified is not known. There were 98,000 persons in England and Wales on food office registers for special rations for diabetics at the end of 1947.