§ 117. Commander Purseyasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of officers, warrant officers and ratings, respectively, who have been invalided out of the Navy with tuberculosis in the years 1939 to 1945.
§ Mr. AlexanderThe information required is contained in the following table:
Year. Officers. Ratings. Total 1939 11 213 224 1940 30 441 471 1941 33 811 844 1942 67 1,364 1431 1943 87 1,555 1,642 1944 142 1,843 1,985 1945 101 1,565 1,666 Total 471 7,792 8,263 The figures include Royal Marines Separate figures for warrant officers are not readily available They have, therefore, been included with the officers.