§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the shortage of sanatorium accommodation and staff in this country, difficulties of diet and unsuitability of the British climate, and in view of the fact that there is a British military sanatorium in Johannesburg with more than 1,500 beds, excluding outside convalescent institutions, he will reconsider present arrangements by which tuberculous cases which have failed to respond to treatment are automatically discharged from the Services and encourage tuberculous Service patients in every stage to seek treatment in South Africa.
Sir J. GriģģI have been asked to reply. The majority of tuberculosis cases amongst military patients in India and the Middle East are evacuated to South Africa to the South African military hospitals and convalescent depot until cured or until they cease to become infective. This procedure is, however, restricted to those patients whose condition permits of the lengthy sea voyage involved and who are likely to respond to treatment within a reasonable time. Other military tuberculosis cases receive treatment in Army hospitals and, if found unlikely to be fit for further service are discharged from the Army and become the responsibility of the Ministry of Health.