§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if he will state the number of qualified female nurses engaged in the war in South Africa and their pay per day; whether any qualified nurses offered their services gratuitously; and, if so, how many; and whether they were accepted.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe total number of nurses employed in South Africa is 1055 514, at rates of pay varying from £30 a year, with allowances, in the case of the Army Nursing Service, to two guineas a week in the case of those employed locally or accompanying invalids home. About 2,000 applications for such employment were received, but no record has been kept to show how many offered their services free of charge.