§ Mr. SUMMERBELLasked the Secretary of State for War if he can state the number 387W of recruits for His Majesty's forces during the past 12 months who presented themselves for enrolment but were rejected as physically unfit to serve, and giving the numbers for each town over 100,000 population?
§ Mr. HALDANEpresented the following tables showing the number of recruits who presented themselves for enlistment but were rejected as medically unfit, and giving the number for each town over 100,000 population from 1st July, 1908, to 30th June, 1909:—
Total number of recruits rejected as medically unfit from 1st July, 1908, to 30th June, 1909–16,552. Towns over 100,000 population. No. of Recruits rejected on inspection. London 4,719 Birkenhead 11 Birmingham 583 Blackburn 87 Bradford 83 Brighton 90 Bristol 219 Burnley 93 Cardiff 150 Derby 213 Halifax 125 Hull 37 Leeds 178 Leicester 245 Liverpool 555 *Manchester 321 Middlesbrough 42 Newcastle-On-Tyne & Gateshead 238 Norwich 181 Nottingham 95 Plymouth And Devonport 36 Portsmouth 72 Preston 153 Sheffield 104 Southampton 59 Stockport 43 Sunderland and South Shields 244 Wolverhampton 22 Belfast 479 Dublin 302 Aberdeen 40 Dundee 59 Edinburgh 307 Glasgow 629 * Includes Salford