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Soldiers In Hospital (Rations)

Volume 104: debated on Monday 18 March 1918

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asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why soldiers in Voluntary Aid Detachment hospitals are rationed so much below those in military hospitals?

My hon. Friend is misinformed. The scale of food is the same for military patients in all hospitals. It is obvious, of course, that a fixed scale cannot be laid down, as the diet in individual cases must be varied in accordance with medical advice.