§ Sir W. Jenkinsasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the percentage of recruits in the Navy for 1938 that was rejected through being physically unfit?
Mr. CooperThe total number of applicants for entry into the Royal Navy and Royal Marines for the year ending 31st March, 1938, was 58,547, and the number rejected on medical and dental grounds was 22,039, i.e., 37.64 per cent.