§ Mr. Cordleasked the Minister of Health, if he will give details of the incidence of venereal disease amongst specific groups of the population, such as merchant seamen, immigrants, Her Majesty's forces, prostitutes, both female and male, and teenagers; and if he will give comparative figures over the last five years.
§ Mr. LoughlinThe numbers of cases among young persons below the age of 20 years treated in clinics in 1963 and 1964 are as follows:
Primary and Secondary Syphilis Male Female Total 1963 … … 62 42 104 1964 … … 80 40 120 Gonorrhoea Male Female Total 1963 … … 1,919 2,060 3,979 1964 … … 2,275 2,387 4,662 Figures for earlier years, and for the other groups mentioned, are not available.