§ 35. Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the Minister of Pensions the number of men wounded in the War for whom his Department still provides institutional treatment?
§ The MINISTER of PENSIONS (Mr. F. O. Roberts)The average number of disabled ex-service officers and men (apart from cases of mental disease in mental hospitals) for whom my Department is providing institutional treatment, whether for wounds or diseases, is, in round figures, 4,000. The number of cases of wounds requiring treatment cannot be separately stated, but about one-fourth of the whole number are in hospital for surgical treatment.