SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL (ALCOHOLIC RATIONS).

HC Deb 23 October 1918 vol 110 c767

40. Mr. CHANCELLOR

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War what were the average quantities of beer and of spirits, respectively, issued weekly per 100 officers' beds and per 100 soldiers' (non-commissioned officers and men) beds in the London general hospitals and in the Orthopædic Hospital, Hammersmith, during 1915, 1916, 1917, and to June, 1918?

Mr. MACPHERSON

I regret that this information is not available, and to obtain it would throw an enormous amount of labour upon the staff of the hospitals, which I do not think would be justified in present circumstances.

Mr. CHANCELLOR

Is it not a fact that these statistics are published yearly?

Mr. MACPHERSON

No; they are not.