HC Deb 18 February 1926 vol 191 cc2131-2W
Dr. V. DAVIES

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty 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 as not attributable to the conditions of service?

Mr. DAVIDSON

The total numbers of officers and men invalided for pulmonary tuberculosis during the years 1923, 1924, and 1925 were as follow:

1923 132
1924 150
1925 197
The numbers of these cases in which the disease has been considered as not attributable to the conditions of Service were as follows:
1923 128
1924 145
1925 192