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Mr. Henderson Stewart
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average cost per house of the new rural houses now being allocated to the counties in Scotland?
Mr. Johnston
The local authorities are pressing on with preliminary work and should be in a position to invite tenders shortly. Until these have been received, I regret there is no reliable basis for a firm
| Tuberculosis. | ||||||
| Number of cases Notified. | ||||||
| Year | England and Wales. | Wales | ||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | |
| 1938 | 43,205 | 14,888 | 58,093 | 3,096 | 1,129 | 4,225 |
| 1941 | 46,256 | 13,720 | 59,976 | 3,286 | 1,107 | 4,393 |
| 1942 | 46,734 | 13,998 | 60,732 | 3,262 | 1,025 | 4,287 |
| Notifications in Age Groups. | ||||||||||||
| Elgland and Wales. | ||||||||||||
| Year. | 0— | 1— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | Total. |
| 1938 | 439 | 2,852 | 4,434 | 3,543 | 6,823 | 7,715 | 12,417 | 8,022 | 5,997 | 4,092 | 1,759 | 58,093 |
| 1941 | 452 | 2,921 | 3,553 | 2,918 | 7,132 | 8,197 | 13,240 | 8,932 | 6,301 | 4,378 | 1,952 | 59,976 |
| 1942 | 372 | 2,783 | 3,729 | 3,032 | 7,129 | 9,133 | 12,944 | 9,179 | 6,160 | 4,336 | 1,935 | 60,732 |
| Percentage increase or decrease in 1942 compared with: | ||||||||||||
| 1938 | -15% | -24% | -16% | -14% | +4% | +18% | +4% | +14% | +3% | +6% | +10% | +5% |
| 1941 | -18% | -5% | +5% | +4% | — | +11% | -2% | +3% | -2% | -1% | -1% | +1% |
| Wales | ||||||||||||
| 1938 | 20 | 208 | 254 | 293 | 581 | 631 | 903 | 535 | 406 | 266 | 128 | 4,225 |
| 1941 | 18 | 205 | 259 | 253 | 645 | 684 | 1,006 | 625 | 357 | 237 | 104 | 4,393 |
| 1942 | 19 | 186 | 248 | 206 | 589 | 706 | 950 | 629 | 355 | 289 | 110 | 4,287 |
| Percentage increase or decrease in 1942 compared with: | ||||||||||||
| 1938 | -5% | -10% | -2% | -30% | +1% | +12% | +5% | +18% | -12% | +9% | -14% | +1% |
| 1941 | +6% | -9% | -4% | -18% | -9% | +3% | -5% | +1% | — | +22% | +6% | -2% |
estimate of costs. I attach, however, the utmost possible importance to getting these houses produced at a reasonable cost.