§ Lieut.-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can give the number of men, categoried in branches, who have been discharged from the Navy with tuberculosis in the last three years?
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§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERNo statistics have been prepared for 1920, and the figures for 1922 are not yet available. The following table gives the figures for 1921:
Classes No. of cases. Ratio per 1,000 of average number borne. Commissioned Officers 10 1.77 Subordinate Officers — — Warrant Officers 2 .69 Seamen 103 2.46 Boys 14 1.69 Engine Room Ratings 75 2.50 Marines 24 3.20 Stewards and Cooks 5 1.33 Sick Berth Staff 6 4.27 Regulating Branch — — Writers 8 8.77 Victualling Ratings 3 4.49 Ships' Cooks 3 1.71 Armourers and Black smiths — — Other Artisans 3 .83 Kroomen, Seedies and Lascars — — Telegraphists 8 2.76 Miscellaneous Ratings — —