§ Mr. Usborneasked the Secretary of State for Air how many men have been discharged from the R.A.F., suffering from tuberculosis, between September, 1939, and June, 1945, and June, 1945, and the present time, respectively.
§ Mr. P. Noel-BakerThe numbers are as follows: September, 1939, to June, 1945, 6,642; July, 1945, to June, 1947, 3,147. I should perhaps add that the increase in the number of discharges per annum during the later period is largely due to the wider application of radiography to the Royal Air Force. An X-ray examination is now provided for new entrants and for members of the Service on release from overseas.