§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he has received any report from the Royal Army Medical Department upon the number of men invalided in or from South Africa, upon the ground of defective teeth, and if it is in contemplation to take any steps towards improving the dental condition of the rank and file.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The number of men invalided home from South Africa from the beginning of the war for defective teeth is 2,451. I have no information to show how many were invalided in South Africa. The subject of improving the dental condition of the rank and file in the Army is receiving careful consideration. Appointments of dentists were made during the war, and we are at present awaiting the results of the experimental measures which have been taken to remedy the conditions complained of.