§ Major PAGETasked the Minister of Pensions how many non-ex-service doctors and how many ex-service doctors are employed on the pensions medical boards in Glasgow?
§ Major TRYON:The total number of medical practitioners on the panel from which members of medical boards for this area are drawn is 172, of whom 85 per cent. are ex-service doctors.
Region. Total number of four year cases submitted for consideration for final awards under Section 4 (2) of the War Pensions Act, 1921. Number and percentage recommended for final awards. Scotland … … … … … 6,870 3,544 or 51.6 per cent. Northern … … … … … 3,302 1,644 „ 49.8 „ N. Western … … … … 9,588 5,509 „ 57.5 „ Yorkshire … … … … … 2,788 1,676 „ 60.1 „ Wales … … … … … 2,921 1,431 „ 49.0 „ W. Midlands … … … … 3,726 2,557 „ 68.6 „ E. Midlands … … … … 2,971 1,997 „ 67.2 „ S. Western … … … … 2,789 1,839 „ 65.9 „ London … … … … … 11,248 6,659 „ 59.2 „ Ulster … … … … … 793 527 „ 66.5 „ Ireland, South … … … … 1,184 731 „ 61.7 „ Totals … … 48,180 28,114 „ 58.4 „