§ 67. Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Health what percentage of schoolchildren in Stoke-onTrent are found on examination to be negative reactors to tuberculosis; and how this figure compares with any earlier year when skin testing was first instituted.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithEighty per cent. in 1958, 77 per cent. in 1957 and 72 per cent. in 1956.
§ 68. Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Health how many schoolchildren received mass X-ray examination and vaccination by B.C.G. in Stoke-on-Trent in 1958; and what evidence of tuberculosis or other defects was discovered.
§ Mr. Walker-Smith2,222 children were mass X-rayed; 1,682 were vaccinated with B.C.G.; no children were found to be suffering from tuberculosis; and 14 were found to have other defects.