§ Sir S. RUSSELL-WELLSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War the rates of venereal disease admissions per 1,000 per annum in 1921 and 1922 of the British Army of the Rhine, the British Army in Constantinople, and the British Army in the United Kingdom, respectively; whether there is any difference and, if so, what, in the methods of medical prophylaxis adopted in the different armies; and whether any steps are taken to prevent soldiers attending civil venereal disease clinics in the United Kingdom in plain clothes?
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSThe ratios per 1,000 are
The same methods of medical prophylaxis are followed in each of these Commands. As regards the last part of the question, there is no prohibition on the attendance of men at such clinics, but they would probably find regular attendance, whether in plain clothes or uniform, difficult in practice.
British Army of the Rhine, 1921 212.34 British Army of the Rhine, 1922 213.53 British Army in Constantinople, 1921 228.48 British Army in Constantinople, 1922 83.41 United Kingdom, 1921 40.26 United Kingdom, 1922 33.66