§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the incidence of cases of respiratory and non-respiratory tuberculosis, as taken together, per 100,000 population, reported in each standard region of the United Kingdom for each year; and what was the comparable figure for England and Wales.
§ Sir George Young, pursuant to his reply [27 July 1979, c. 667–8]: The notification rates per 100,000 population in England and Wales for all forms of tuberculosis are given below. Provisional figures for 1978 have become available since my reply to the hon. Member's earlier question and accordingly the table gives the relevant figures both for all forms of tuberculosis and for respiratory tuberculosis alone.
proportion of complex specialised surgery, namely, neurosurgery and cardio-respiratory surgery that is carried out in the United Kingdom outside the facilities povided by the National Health Service.
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§ Dr. Vaughan[pursuant to his reply, 27 July 1979, c. 662]: We do not collect information on particular operations undertaken outside the NHS. Complex specialised surgery is carried out to my knoweldge mainly in several London private hospitals, but I cannot estimate the proportion of all such work.