HC Deb 20 June 1955 vol 542 cc39-40W
51. Mr. G. Thomas

asked the Minister of Health the total number of people in South Wales who are registered as awaiting admission to a tuberclosis sanatorium; how many have been waiting six months or over; and the average number admitted each month this year.

Mr. Iain Macleod

311, of whom 105 have been waiting six months or more. The numbers of admissions during the first five months of this year were 286, 258, 320, 285 and 332. Six months ago the comparable figures to the 311 and 105 quoted above were 524 and 258.