asked the. Minister of Labour how many girls have enrolled as student nurses between the beginning of the special recruiting campaign and the latest convenient date; and how many female nurses left the profession for any reason during the same period.

The number of female student nurses entering training from and including September, 1945, when the special recruiting campaign began, and 10th June, 1946, the latest date up to which information is available, was approximately 20,000. I am unable to say how many female nurses left the profession during the same period