§ 63. Mr. Willeyasked 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-SmithThe 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.