HC Deb 08 March 1916 vol 80 cc1516-7
23. Mr. ANDERSON

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the case of a tobacconist's assistant at Shoreditch who suffers from consumption and has a cork leg, and who was passed by the doctors as fit for the Army and afterwards given a certificate of total exemption by the local tribunal; and how much is paid to the doctors for every man examined and accepted and for every man examined and rejected?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)

I should be glad to have precise details of the case referred to. Subject to certain limitations, the usual fee for medical examination is 2s. 6d. per man. If within three months the man is found to have been improperly passed, the doctor is liable to refund the fee.