§ 62. Mr. RENDALLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what sum the War Office have paid to asylum authorities since last June in respect to the care and treatment of uncertifiable soldiers invalided through nerve-strain in the War; and are these asylum authorities responsible, during the period that this payment is continued, for the care and treatment of soldiers so invalided who still continue in the Army?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)Soldiers so situated have not been placed in the care of asylum authorities, but certain asylum buildings have been taken over and are being conducted as military hospitals for 819 this special class of case. The whole responsibility remains directly with the military authorities.
§ 75. Mr. BUTCHERasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what arrangements are now in existence for the care and treatment of uncertifiable cases of soldiers suffering from nerve disturbance and loss of mental balance; and whether he has yet been able to establish a special hospital for these cases in accordance with the intentions expressed by the Director of Medical Service on 12th February, 1915?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe cases referred to by my hon. and learned Friend are treated in the neurological sections of the Territorial Force General Hospitals throughout the country, and in the Springfield War Hospital, Wandsworth, and the Red Cross Military Hospital, Maghull, near Liverpool. I have not been able to trace the expression of opinion referred to in the last part of the question, but I may say that no change in the present arrangements, which are satisfactory, is in contemplation.