HC Deb 21 March 1917 vol 91 cc1893-4
33. Sir WALTER ESSEX

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to the in quest held at New Hospital, Stafford, on the body of Private George Arthur Will-day, who died at Brocton Camp; whether he is aware that the Royal Army Medical Corps surgeon declared the man had mitral disease of the heart and enlarged liver and ought to have been rejected, or at best classed in C3; whether he has noted the coroner's reprobation of the doctor who carelessly passed this man into the Army; and what action does he propose to take upon the case?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Macpherson)

I have called for a Report, and I will communicate with my hon. Friend.