§ Mr. ROBERT YOUNGasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he will consider the advisability of appointing a committee of experts to investigate the whole question of the supposed value of salvarsan as a cure for syphilis, seeing that it has been stated by eminent authorities on the use of salvarsan and its substitutes that deaths have taken place through its use?
§ Mr. PRATTA Special Committee was appointed in 1918 by the Medical Research Committee to consider the matters referred to in the question. It comprises representatives of the Medical Departments of the Admiralty and War Office, of the Medical Research Committee, and of the Local Government Board. Its constitution and terms of reference are set out in the Board's V.D. Circular 22.
With that circular the Board, at the request of the Medical Research Committee, circulated copies of a memorandum prepared by the Salvarsan Committee, in which a definite opinion as to the value of Salvarsan was expressed. I am forwarding to the hon. Member copies of these documents.