Mrs. Adamsonasked the Home Secretary whether he will give the number of trained and partially trained refugee nurses, respectively, now residents in Great Britain and the number of those allowed to be employed in nursing work?
§ Sir J. AndersonThere are about 180 trained and 840 partially trained refugee nurses in the United Kingdom. All of them are at present engaged in nursing work.
§ Mr. Horabinasked the Home Secretary whether he can give an estimate of the total number of refugees, including Czechs and Austrians, who have escaped to this country from Nazi rule?
§ Sir J. AndersonThe figures which are available do not distinguish Austrians from Germans. The total number of German and Austrian refugees is 49,500, including 9,000 children. The number of refugees from Czecho-Slovakia is about 6,000.