Dr. VERNON DAVIESasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he will give the following particulars concerning each of the 22 men who were invalided from the service during 1928 for tuberculosis: Age; rating; length of service; whether held to be attributable to the conditions of service or not; and whether granted a pension for the disability?
§ Mr. MONTAGUEAccording to the latest (revised) figures, 20 airmen were invalided for tuberculosis during 1928, and the particulars requested are as follow:
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Rating. Age. Length of Service. Whether attributable. Pension. Years. Months. Tears. Months. Acting Sergeant … 25 7 7 6 Yes Yes (2 cases). 38 10 11 4 Yes Yes Corporal … 24 3 7 10 No No (2 cases). 23 8 5 2 Yes Yes Leading Aircraftsman … 25 6 4 — No No (9 cases). 23 7 7 10 No No 21 9 3 9 Yes Yes 21 10 5 10 No No 23 10 7 3 No No 23 — 4 6 No No 23 8 7 8 No No 32 10 14 — Yes Yes 23 1 4 11 No No Aircraftsman 1 … 23 5 5 4 No No (3 cases). … 20 3 4 — No No 22 — 5 9 No No Aircraftsman 2 … 19 1 — 11 No No (3 cases). 20 3 — 4 No No 25 7 5 — No No Aircraft Apprentice … 16 2 1 — No No
Dr. VERNON DAVIESasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many of the 19 men invalided from the service in 1928 for respiratory tuberculosis were granted disability pensions; in how many cases was the disease held to be attributable to the conditions of service; and how do these numbers compare with those of the previous three years, expressed as a percentage of the number pensioned to the total number of cases?
§ Mr. MONTAGUEAs regards the first two parts of the question, according to the latest (revised) figures, 18 airmen were invalided in 1928 for pulmonary tuberculosis, and in 5 of these cases the disease was held to be attributable to the conditions of service and pensions were awarded. The percentage asked for in the last part of the hon. Member's question is thus 27.7 for 1928, and the corresponding percentages for the three previous years are 20 for 1927, 27.2 for 1926, and 14.8 for 1925.