Dr. DAVIESasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, for each of the last 10 years for which statistics are available, the total number of medical officers in the Navy, and the number who joined and the number who left the Service in each year?
§ Mr. AMMONThe figures are as follow:
Year. Total Numbers of Medical Officers. Numbers Entered. Numbers retired, etc. 1920 … 454 24 29 1921 … 429 12 37 1922 … 415 24 38 1923 … 392 14 37 1924 … 393 33 32 1925 … 390 29 32 1926 … 390 30 30 1927 … 381 37 46 1928 … 390 45 36 1929 … 372 19 37 The total numbers of medical officers are those arrived at by the end of each year. Temporary surgeons entered during the War have not been included, and none are now serving