§ Mr. HINDSasked the Minister of National Service how many men between the ages of forty-three and forty-five who were medically examined in Conduit Street for the week ending 8th June were passed Grade 1; and how many wore classed in lower categories?
§ Mr. BECKOf the men of the new military age examined at Conduit Street during the week ending 8th June approximately 33 per cent. were graded in Grade 1.
§ Sir H. NIELDasked the Minister of National Service whether his attention has been called to the case of Isadore Falkoff, age thirty-two, married, who was recently placed in Grade 1 by the National Service Medical Board at Whitehall, and who, on appearing before the Middlesex Appeal Tribunal, was ordered to be examined by the county tuberculosis officer, who certified that the man's sputum contained tubercle bacilli; whether he is aware that at this time the man was under the care of the tuberculosis officer for Hackney, by whom he had been ordered away to the seaside pending arrangements being made for his admission to a sanatorium; whether, on the facts being brought to the notice of his Department, the man was re-examined at Whitehall on or about the 9th May and was thereupon rejected; whether he can give any explanation of the failure of the medical board on the first examination to detect that man's condition; and whether he will undertake to issue such instructions as will ensure that men suffering from tuberculosis are not placed in Grade 1?
§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Minister of National Service if he will have an immediate inquiry made into the methods 2396W of the medical examining board at Blackburn, whose methods and conclusions are causing disaffection and dissatisfaction, as this Board is passing known consumptives as Grade 1 and men who for years have done no work on account of illness as Grade 2?
: I regret that it has not yet been possible for me toMr. BECKascertain all the facts of these cases, but I am having inquiries made, the result of which I will communicate to the hon. Members.