§ Mr. Fenner Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the annual cost of medical attention per patient for patients of different races in each of the Colonies, Protectorates and Trusteeship territories.
§ Mr. Fenner Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in which Colonies, Protectorates and Trusteeship Territories there is discrimination on the grounds of race in the use of hospitals and medical clinics, including separation in different hospitals and clinics; and the extent of this discrimination.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to his replies [OFFICIAL REPORT, 20th December, 1955; Vol. 547, c. 306 and 308], gave the following information—
Inquiries show that so far as hospitals and clinics provided or maintained out of 126W public funds are concerned, such separation of patients as occurs is effected on financial, dietary or other grounds which are not those of race. I have no reason to believe that the position as regards private hospitals is very different, though in certain cases private nursing homes and hospitals are provided by various racial or religious groups for members of their own community. Hospitals and clinics in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland are the responsibility of the Federal Government. No figures for cost per patient are kept in any Colonial Territory on a racial basis.