§ 20. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can give any reasons for the increase in the incidence of disease in the Royal Navy, as revealed in reports on the health of the Navy for 1929?
§ Mr. G. HALLThe increases in the incidence of disease in the Royal Navy during 1929, was due principally to augmented figures for influenza and diseases of the respiratory system. The vast majority of these cases were of a mild nature. The slight increases shown in 1929 afforded no grounds for anxiety as to the state of health existing in His Majesty's Navy.