5. Captain HUDSONasked the Minister of Pensions why disabled men are now being sent for treatment to the clinic at Bulinga Street, Milbank, who previously attended the clinic at Broad Street; and if, owing to the inconvenience which will be caused to the disabled men if the Broad Street clinic is closed, he will try to arrange that it shall be kept open and the cases for treatment divided between the Bulinga Street and Broad Street clinics?
§ Major TRYONThe number of cases requiring only out-patient treatment is in the natural course diminishing, and in consequence, though every effort is made to meet the convenience of pensioners, the clinic accommodation has necessarily from time to time to be reduced. The Holborn clinic belongs to the British Rèd Cross Society, and they have intimated that they cannot continue the clinic unless the number of patients is increased. With the general decline in the number of cases this is not possible, and consequently the patients have to be diverted to the more permanent clinics of the Ministry—among others that at Bulinga Street, where I may say the facilities for all varieties of treatment and the means of access are particularly good.