HC Deb 12 February 1948 vol 447 c122W
Mr. Emrys Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Air how many hospitals there are for the treatment of venereal disease for airmen; how many nurses are employed in these hospitals; and how many cases were treated in 1947.

Mr. A. Henderson

There are no R.A.F. hospitals solely for cases of venereal disease, but facilities for treatment are provided at home and overseas in 13 hospitals and two large sick quarters. The nursing of airmen with venereal disease is entirely carried out by male nursing orderlies; the number of orderlies so employed is not readily available. During 1947, 6,121 cases were treated; this excludes those treated overseas in December, for which figures have not yet been received.