HC Deb 18 March 1977 vol 928 cc317-9W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Service men and women were invalided out of the Service during the period covered by the Defence White Paper 1977, Command Paper No.

Cause 1973 1974 1975 1976*
1. Infective and parasitic diseases … … … 21 28 16 15
2. Neoplasms … … … … … … 30 31 23 22
3. Psychiatric disorders … … … … … 996 810 439 342
4. Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs … 364 315 248 259
5. Diseases of the circulatory system … … … 135 128 92 80
6. Diseases of the respiratory system … … … 107 87 83 68
7. Diseases of the digestive system … … … 159 149 91 67
8. Diseases of the genito-urinary system … … 25 14 11 18
9. Diseases of the skin and sub-cutaneous tissues … 137 103 57 53
10. Diseases of the musculo-skeletal system … … 363 370 326 306
11. Congenital anomalies … … … … 64 69 40 50

place in the 12 months preceding publication of the 1977 Defence White Paper are as follows:

6735; what were the main contributory causes; and how this compares with the situation in each of the three previous years.

Dr. Gilbert

By calendar years the-information requested is as follows:

Cause 1973 1974 1975 1976*
12. Other ailments … … … … … 180 155 96 103
13. Injuries … … … … … … 277 277 275 246
TOTALS … … … … … … 2,858 2,536 1,797 1,629
* Provisional figures.