HC Deb 17 February 1926 vol 191 c1940W
Dr. V. DAVIES

asked the Secretary of State for War the number of officers and men who have been invalided out of the Service during the last three years for which records are available, suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis; and in how many of these cases the disease has been considered a not attributable to the conditions of the Service?

Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS

The number of soldiers invalided from the Army on account of pulmonary tuberculosis during the last three years was:

1923 218
1924 174
1925 209*
* Approximate.
The number of cases not attributable to military service cannot be stated, nor are figures available in regard to officers.