CHATHAM HOSPITAL (EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS).

HC Deb 24 November 1938 vol 341 cc1958-9W

Mr. Groves

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state the number of experiments performed on animals at the Chatham Royal Naval Hospital and the number killed during the years 1935 to 1937; and the type of animals used?

Mr. Shakespeare

The information required is as follows:

• In 1935, 65 animal experiments—62 killed.
• In 1936, 25 animal experiments—21 killed.
• In 1937, 14 animal experiments—13 killed.

The animals used in these experiments were all guinea pigs with the exception of two rabbits.