HC Deb 20 March 1930 vol 236 c2109W
Dr. DAVIES

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, for each of the last 10 years for which statistics are available, the total number of medical officers in the Navy, and the number who joined and the number who left the Service in each year?

Mr. AMMON

The figures are as follow:

Year. Total Numbers of Medical Officers. Numbers Entered. Numbers retired, etc.
1920 … 454 24 29
1921 … 429 12 37
1922 … 415 24 38
1923 … 392 14 37
1924 … 393 33 32
1925 … 390 29 32
1926 … 390 30 30
1927 … 381 37 46
1928 … 390 45 36
1929 … 372 19 37

The total numbers of medical officers are those arrived at by the end of each year. Temporary surgeons entered during the War have not been included, and none are now serving