§ SIR R. TEMPLE (Surrey, Kingston)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether contagious diseases have greatly increased amongst the troops stationed in the United Kingdom since the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts; and whether these diseases have also increased amongst the English troops in India?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI find that among the troops stationed in the United Kingdom venereal disease has, on the whole, diminished, although in the more serious form of the disease there has been a slight increase since the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. In India, on the other hand, there was a very large increase in the two years following 1888, when the Ordinances ceased, although in the two later years, 1891 and 1892, there has been some improvement. The hon. Member for Basingstoke has been in communication with me on this subject, and I will arrange with him a Return which will give the statistics.