§ Mr. John Hallasked the Minister of Health what percentage of cattle in England and Wales was attested free from tuberculosis in 1929 and 1959, respectively; and what were the 41W pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis notifications in those years, expressed as a percentage of the population.
§ Mr. PowellI am informed that at the end of 1959, 94 per cent. of all cattle in England and Wales were attested free from tuberculosis, whereas in 1929 no herds were officially regarded as being of equivalent status, and in 1932 it was estimated that 40 per cent. of all cows were infected with tuberculosis.
The following is the reply to the second part of the Question:
Year Notifications Rate per 100,000 1929 Pulmonary 52,031 131 Non-pulmonary 16,310 41 1959 Pulmonary 24,280 53 Non-pulmonary 2,820 6
— July, 1945 April, 1958 April, 1960 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Engineering* … … 6 13 0 13 9 8 15 7 7 All Manufacturing Industries† … … 6 6 5 13 1 4 14 16 4 Coal Mining (Cash Earnings)‡ … … 5 13 7 16 4 3 15 19 3 March, 1945 March, 1958 March, 1960 Railways§ Conciliation Grades … … 5 11 3 11 12 0 Not yet available Workshop Grades … … 6 11 7 12 5 0 Not yet available Footnotes: * The figures for Engineering cover:— July, 1945—"Metal, Engineering and Shipbuilding Industries." April, 1958—Orders VI—IX of the 1948 Standard Industrial Classification, i.e. Engineering, Shipbuilding, Electrical Goods, Vehicles, Metal Goods, Precision Instruments and Jewellery. April, 1960—Orders VI—IX of the 1958 Standard Industrial Classification, i.e. Engineering Electrical Goods, Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Vehicles, Metal Goods. † With the introduction of the 1958 Standard Industrial Classification certain industries were transferred from the manufacturing group. The figures for October, 1959, were calculated on both bases and the result under the 1958 Standard Industrial Classification was 3s. 0d. above that under the 1948 Standard Industrial Classification (see Ministry of Labour Gazette, April, 1960, page 143). ‡ The coal mining figures for 1958 and 1960 are based on a revised method of computing the average number of wage-earners. When this revision was introduced in 1949 its effect was to show an apparent increase in average weekly earnings of about 3 per cent. § The railway figures for 1945 are not comparable with those for 1958 since they contain details for London Transport not included in 1958.