§ MR. R, J. PRICE (Norfolk, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether his attention has been drawn to the favourable report of the Surgeon General with Her Majesty's forces in India on the method of treating contagious disorders introduced to the 1247 Army by Surgeon Captain F. J. Lambkin, A. M. S.; and, whether having regard to the serious spread of such disorders in the Army both at home and abroad, and the grave consequences both to the men and to the efficiency of the service, he will take steps to further investigate the value of the treatment, and, if found satisfactory, to extend its use?
§ *MR. BRODRICKIn the limited number of cases in which the treatment has been applied it has given good results; but I am informed that the remedy is not new. Further investigation will, however, be made; and if satisfactory results are obtained, the system will probably be extended.
§ In answer to Mr. J. STUART,
§ *MR. BRODRICKsaid: It is the fact that, as regards the Army at home, the admissions for venereal disease, though still very high, have been lower in 1894 than in any year since 1879.