HC Deb 07 May 1959 vol 605 c74W
Mr. de Freitas

asked the Minister of Health the difference in the consumption of welfare foods, such as orange juice and cod liver oil, in the years 1958, 1954, and 1951 in Lincoln and Lincolnshire, respectively.

Mr. Walker-Smith

The following table shows the quantities of welfare foods distributed from local authority centres during the second half of 1954 and the whole of 1958. Comparable figures for 1951 and the first half of 1954 are not available

was published in the Ministry's Monthly Bulletin in 1958 and copies were circulated to hospital and public health laboratories. Preventive measure taken include precautions in the laboratory and personal measures such as B.C.G. vaccination and chest X-rays.