§ 92. Mr. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will explain the distinction in the categories, hospital patients suffering from tuberculosis, and patients with tuberculosis admitted to hospital, as used by his Department for statistical purposes.
§ Mr. NobleIn reply to a recent Question asking how many hospital patients in Scotland were suffering from tuberculosis during certain years my hon. Friend the166W Under-Secretary of State stated the numbers of hospital beds occupied by such patients during those years. This appeared to be an appropriate measure of the incidence of the disease over the whole year. The figures were smaller than those of patients with tuberculosis admitted to hospital each year, which I had given in an earlier reply, because the average stay is less than a year.