§ Sir R. GOWERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many Naval ratings and Royal Marines, respectively, were invalided from His Majesty's Navy suffering from tuberculosis during the years 1931, 1932 and 1933, respectively; and in how many cases was it claimed that the disease was not attributable to the Service?
Sir B. EYRES MONSELLI regret that separate statistics are not available for Naval ratings and Royal Marines. The total numbers invalided on account of pulmonary tuberculosis in 1931, 1932 and 1933 were 156, 190 and 173, respectively. The cases in which the disease was held to be not attributable to the Service numbered 45 in 1931, 42 in 1932 and 29 in 1933.