LEGACY OF WAR
MENTAL DISABLEMENT
EX-SERVICEMEN'S PLIGHT
SPECIALISTS TO COINER
United Press- Association—By Electric Tele-
grapU—Copyright. (Received July 9, noon.)
LONDON, July 8,
More than 60,000 British ex-service-men are at present in mental hospitals and 30,000 others are pensioned as neurasthenics, according to the ExServices' Welfare Society, which is arranging a private conference in London, at which neurological and psychological specialists will attend in order to pool their knowledge.
The society adds that the most pathetic cases are those of men who are breaking down now as the result of war experiences. The society estimates that there are 50,000 ex-service-men in Britain for whom pensions are unprocurable, but who are suffering from some form of neurasthenia.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350709.2.72
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 8, 9 July 1935, Page 9
Word Count
116LEGACY OF WAR Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 8, 9 July 1935, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.