§ Mr. SUMMERBELLasked the Secretary of State for War if he can state the number of recruits of His Majesty's forces who-presented themselves for enrolment during the past 12 months, and who were accepted as physically fit to serve, and giving the numbers for each town over 100,000 population?
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§ Mr. HALDANEsubmitted the following tables, showing the number of men who presented themselves for enlistment into His Majesty's forces during the period from 1st July, 1908, to 30th June, 1909, and who were accepted as physically fit to serve, giving the numbers for each town over 100,000 population:—
Total number of men inspected, 59,686.
Total number of men found fit to serve, 43,134.
Towns over 100,000 Population. No. of Men inspected. No. of men found fit to serve. London 14,579 9,860 Birkenhead 41 30 Birmingham 1,758 1,175 Blackburn 398 311 Bradford 290 207 Brighton 397 307 Bristol 1,182 963 Burnley 216 123 Cardiff 714 564 Derby 560 347 Halifax 353 228 Hull 210 173 Leeds 538 360 Leicester 689 444 Liverpool 1,239 684 Manchester and Salford 958 637 Middlesbrough 127 85 Glasgow 1,933 1,304 Newcastle-on-Tyne and Gateshead 802 564 Norwich 514 333 Nottingham 511 416 Plymouth & Devonport 298 262 Portsmouth 513 441 Preston 620 467 Sheffield 488 384 Southampton 262 203 Sunderland and South Shields 874 630 Stockport 135 92 Wolverhampton 132 110 Belfast 1,141 662 Dublin 1,287 985 Aberdeen 241 201 Dundee 346 287 Edinburgh 1,095 788