Disabled Persons, Stoke-On-Trent (Tuberculosis) 111. Dr. Stross asked the Minister of Labour how many men and women in Stoke-on-Trent, who have been certified to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, are unemployed, although considered to be fit for suitable light work. Sir W. Monckton On 21st July, 1954, there were 10 men and one woman, who had been certified to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, registered as disabled persons and unemployed in the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent. Of this number three men were classified as unlikely to obtain employment except under special conditions.