HC Deb 08 February 1927 vol 202 cc5-8W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the nature of the diseases from which men were invalided from the Navy during 1925 and the numbers invalided from the different diseases, respectively?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

The following table shows the diseases from which 1,571 officers and men were invalided from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines during the year 1925 with the numbers invalided from the various diseases.

Diseases caused by Infection:
Chicken-pox
Cow-pox
Dengue
Diphtheria 1
Dysentery
Enteric Fever, Typhoid 1
Enteric Fever, Paratyphoid
Enteritis, Infective
Erysipelas
Influenza
Malaria 1
Measles
Mediterranean Fever 1
Meningococcal Infection 2
Mumps
Pneumococcal Infection (Lungs) 1
Pneumococcal Infection (Other Organs) 1
Pyogenic Infection 5
Pyrexia of Uncertain Origin
Rheumatic Fever 25
Rubella
Sandfly Fever
Scarlet Fever
Tuberculosis:
Pulmonary 208
Non-pulmonary 27
Chancroid (soft sore) 1
Syphilis, First Record 1
Syphilis Later Record 13
Gonococcal Infection, Acute
Gonococcal Infection, Sequoias 64
Other Diseases caused by Infection 26
Nervous and Mental Diseases:
Diseases of Spinal Cord 9
Discuses of Brain 3
Apoplexy
Paralysis
Epilepsy 25
Neurasthenia 55
Other Nervous Diseases 75
Insanity 26
Diseases of the Eye 306
Diseases of the Ear 157
Diseases of the Nose 5
Diseases of Circulatory System:
Diseases of the Heart:
Organic 74
Functional 23
Diseases of the Arteries 5
Diseases of the Veins 14
Diseases of the Blood and Spleen 2
Diseases of Lymphatic System:
Lymphadenitis 1
Other Diseases 2
Diseases of Glands of Internal Secretion 6
Diseases of the Respiratory System:
Diseases of the Larynx
Catarrh
Bronchitis 9
Asthma 8
Fibrosis of Lung 52
Pleurisy 20
Other Diseases 6

Diseases of Teeth and Gums 5
Diseases of the Digestive System:
Mouth, Palate, Fauces, Pharynx
Tonsillitis 2
Diseases of the Stomach 30
Diseases of the Intestines 27
Hernia 26
Diseases of Rectum and Anus
Diseases of the Liver 1
Other Diseases of the Digestive System 2
Diseases of Nutrition or Metabolism:
Scurvy
Beri-Beri
Gout
Diabestes 8
Other Diseases
Diseases of Generative System:
Stricture
Varicocele 1
Orchitis
Other Diseases 3
Diseases of Organs of Locomotion:
Periosteum and Bone 1
Cartilage and Joints 10
Spine 6
Muscles, Fasciae, Tendons, Bursa? 2
Deformities of Limbs, etc. 32
Diseases of Areolar Tissue and Skin:,
Abscess 2
Ulcerative Dermatitis
Boil
Eczema 7
Impetigo 7
Scabies
Other Parasitic Skin Diseases
Other Diseases of Skin 16

Diseases of Urinary Organs:
Kidneys 15
Ureter and Bladder 1
Urinary Disorders 27
New Growths, Malignant 6
New Growths, Non-Malignant 4
Alcoholism 10
Poisoning, various
Parasitic diseases (except Skin)
General Injuries:
Multiple Injuries
Multiple Burns and Scalds
Heat Stroke
Suffocation—Drowning
Suffocation—Effects of
Compressed Air Disease
Local Injuries:
Burns and Scalds
Injuries and Wounds 65
Wound and Injuries in Action
Suicides
Total 1571

In addition to the above, three Maltese ratings were invalided with disease of the eye, disease of the stomach and epilepsy respectively, and 10 native ratings with insanity, pulmonary tuberculosis (2), malaria, sequela of gonorrhœa, epilepsy, a disease of the respiratory system, disease of the liver and beri-beri respectively.