HC Deb 26 March 1930 vol 237 cc431-2W
Dr. DAVIES

asked the Secretary of State for War for each of the last 10 years for which statistics are available the total number of medical officers in the Army, the number who joined, and the number who left the service in each year?

Mr. SHAW

The figures are as follow:

TABLE showing the total number of Regular Officers, Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in the Army by years from 1923 inclusive, together with the number who joined and the number who left the service each year.

Year. Strength on 1st January. Joined. Retired, Resigned or Died.
1923 989 11 89
1924 911 12 53
1925 870 9 47
1926 832 13 52
1927 793 25 38
1928 780 28 54
1929 754 28 32