§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he is satisfied that effective treatment is available to deal with cases of contagious equine metritis or related diseases in human beings;
(2) what evidence he has that the disease, contagious metritis, colloquially known as equine venereal disease, is infecting certain human beings in the New-market area; whether the cocco-bacillus established by Sir David Evans as the cause of metritis in horses has been found in men and women; and if he has studied
Country Current and Capital Public Expenditure on Health (millions) £ million £ per head of population United Kingdom (1950) in 1975 prices … … … … £2,591 2,591 52 United Kingdom (1975) … … £5,269 5,269 94 France (1974) … … … F68,253* 6,069 116 Italy (1975) … … … L5,766,000 3,986 73 Federal Republic of Germany (1974) … … … … DM55,840 9,231 149 * Current expenditure only.