§ 79. Sir BERTRAM FALLEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that there were 228 cases of invaliding from the Royal Navy for tuberculosis during 1929; if he will say in how many of these cases was attributability allowed and pensions granted; and in how many of the 19 cases of death from this disease in the same period was service pension granted to dependants?
§ The CIVIL LORD of the ADMIRALTY (Mr. G. H. Hall)I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him on the 12th February last (OFFICIAL REPORT. cols. 403–4), in which he was informed that 260 ratings were invalided for tuberculosis during 1929, and that in 177 of these cases attributability was accepted and pensions granted. During 1929 pensions and allowances were awarded to 14 widows and two other dependants of men who died from tuberculosis.
§ Sir B. FALLEDoes the hon. Gentleman not notice that the year 1929 is printed in the question? I wanted the figures for 1930.