Dr. DAVIESasked the Secretary of State for War the maximum number of students which can be trained at each course held at the Royal Army Medical College; the number actually taught at each course for the last three years for which statistics are available and the total cost of such courses; and if the vaccine department is working to full capacity?
§ Mr. SHAWThe maximum number of students which can be trained at any one time at the Royal Army Medical College is 68 officers and 24 other ranks. The subjoined Table shows the numbers who attended each course during the period 1927–29. The estimated total cost of the college, including the vaccine department, as shown in Army Estimates, is:
£ 1927 … … … 38,590 1928 … … … 38,890 1929 … … … 37,220 As regards the last part of the question the vaccine department is working to its full normal capacity.
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TABLE SHOWING NUMBERS OF STUDENTS AT EACH COURSE HELD AT THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE DURING THE PAST THREE FINANCIAL YEARS. 1927. 1st Senior Course (including Specialist Course) 23 1st Junior Course 21 2nd Junior Course 12 Only one Senior Course was held in 1927, one course having to be cancelled owing to requirements of Shanghai Defence Force. 1st Radiographers Course 2 2nd Radiographers Course 4 1st Laboratory Assistants Course 13 2nd Laboratory Assistants Course 11 1928. 1st Senior Course (including Specialist Course) 27 2nd Senior Course (including Specialist Course) 27 1st Junior Course 31 2nd Junior Course 20 3rd Junior Course 28 1st Radiographers Course 2 2nd Radiographers Course 2 1st Laboratoy Assistants Course 4 2nd Laboratory Assistants Course 13 1929. 1st Senior Course (including Specialist Course) 22 2nd Senior Course (including Specialist Course) 18 1st Junior Course 22 2nd Junior Course 23 1st Radiographers Course 11 2nd Radiographers Course 8 1st Laboratory Assistants Course 15 2nd Laboratory Assistants Course 13 NOTE.—These figures include students from the Royal Air Force and Dominion and Indian Medical Services.