§ Mr. PIKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of boy naval recruits for the year ended 31st December, 1934, whose applications were accepted compared to those rejected; and the reasons given by His Majesty's medical 1951W advisers to the Admiralty for such rejections?
Sir B. EYRES MONSELLThe total number of applications was 13,894, and the number required and entered was 3,063. Of those who were not entered, the number rejected on medical examination was 1,940. The list of reasons for the medical rejections is appended. Defective vision and defective teeth accounted for considerably over half the number.
Under standard 51 Poor physique 61 Disease of heart (organic) 11 Disease of heart (functional) 88 Tachycardia 6 Defective vision 558 Defective colour vision 272 Defective teeth 261 1,091 Defective speech 10 Disease of skin 12 Disease of ears 74 Disease of eyes 3 Disease of lungs 3 Disease of glands 6 Hernia 29 Flat feet 70 Knock knees 70 Varicose veins 16 Pyorrhoea 13 Enlarged tonsils 102 Phimosis 28 Bronchitis 14 Hammer toes 13 Old operations 2 Old injuries 7 Deformities 26 Spinal curvature 8 Undescended testicle 5 Hydrocele 11 Varicocele 33 Incontinence of urine 10 Haemorrhoids 2 Albuminuria 23 Other defects 42 Total 1,940