HC Deb 18 March 1903 vol 119 c1093
MR. WEIR

To ask the Secretary of State for War, in view of a statement contained in the recently issued Report of the Inspector-General of Recruiting to the effect that in the reports from manufacturing districts stress is laid upon the number of men rejected forbad teeth, will he state the percentage of men who were rejected for this cause during the year under review.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The number of men rejected for bad teeth in 1902 was 4,558, and the ratio per 1,000 inspected was 52.03. This number is nearly double the figures for 1901.