HC Deb 17 February 1958 vol 582 c111W
63. Mr. Willey

asked the Minister of Health the reasons for the continued increase in the number of persons suffering from tuberculosis in the County Borough of Sunderland.

Mr. Walker-Smith

The number of new cases notified in Sunderland last year showed a substantial fall. The number remaining on the chest clinic register has increased because of the long period of observation necessary and a fall in the death rate due to modern methods of treatment.