Written Answers
Royal Navy (Invaliding Diseases)
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the nature of the diseases from which men were invalided from the Navy during 1925 and the numbers invalided from the different diseases, respectively?
The following table shows the diseases from which 1,571 officers and men were invalided from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines during the year 1925 with the numbers invalided from the various diseases.
| Diseases caused by Infection: | |
| Chicken-pox | |
| Cow-pox | |
| Dengue | |
| Diphtheria | 1 |
| Dysentery | |
| Enteric Fever, Typhoid | 1 |
| Enteric Fever, Paratyphoid | |
| Enteritis, Infective | |
| Erysipelas | |
| Influenza | |
| Malaria | 1 |
| Measles | |
| Mediterranean Fever | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 |
| Mumps | |
| Pneumococcal Infection (Lungs) | 1 |
| Pneumococcal Infection (Other Organs) | 1 |
| Pyogenic Infection | 5 |
| Pyrexia of Uncertain Origin | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 25 |
| Rubella | |
| Sandfly Fever | |
| Scarlet Fever | |
| Tuberculosis: | |
| Pulmonary | 208 |
| Non-pulmonary | 27 |
| Chancroid (soft sore) | 1 |
| Syphilis, First Record | 1 |
| Syphilis Later Record | 13 |
| Gonococcal Infection, Acute | |
| Gonococcal Infection, Sequoias | 64 |
| Other Diseases caused by Infection | 26 |
| Nervous and Mental Diseases: | |
| Diseases of Spinal Cord | 9 |
| Discuses of Brain | 3 |
| Apoplexy | |
| Paralysis | |
| Epilepsy | 25 |
| Neurasthenia | 55 |
| Other Nervous Diseases | 75 |
| Insanity | 26 |
| Diseases of the Eye | 306 |
| Diseases of the Ear | 157 |
| Diseases of the Nose | 5 |
| Diseases of Circulatory System: | |
| Diseases of the Heart: | |
| Organic | 74 |
| Functional | 23 |
| Diseases of the Arteries | 5 |
| Diseases of the Veins | 14 |
| Diseases of the Blood and Spleen | 2 |
| Diseases of Lymphatic System: | |
| Lymphadenitis | 1 |
| Other Diseases | 2 |
| Diseases of Glands of Internal Secretion | 6 |
| Diseases of the Respiratory System: | |
| Diseases of the Larynx | |
| Catarrh | |
| Bronchitis | 9 |
| Asthma | 8 |
| Fibrosis of Lung | 52 |
| Pleurisy | 20 |
| Other Diseases | 6 |
| Diseases of Teeth and Gums | 5 |
| Diseases of the Digestive System: | |
| Mouth, Palate, Fauces, Pharynx | |
| Tonsillitis | 2 |
| Diseases of the Stomach | 30 |
| Diseases of the Intestines | 27 |
| Hernia | 26 |
| Diseases of Rectum and Anus | |
| Diseases of the Liver | 1 |
| Other Diseases of the Digestive System | 2 |
| Diseases of Nutrition or Metabolism: | |
| Scurvy | |
| Beri-Beri | |
| Gout | |
| Diabestes | 8 |
| Other Diseases | |
| Diseases of Generative System: | |
| Stricture | |
| Varicocele | 1 |
| Orchitis | |
| Other Diseases | 3 |
| Diseases of Organs of Locomotion: | |
| Periosteum and Bone | 1 |
| Cartilage and Joints | 10 |
| Spine | 6 |
| Muscles, Fasciae, Tendons, Bursa? | 2 |
| Deformities of Limbs, etc. | 32 |
| Diseases of Areolar Tissue and Skin:, | |
| Abscess | 2 |
| Ulcerative Dermatitis | |
| Boil | |
| Eczema | 7 |
| Impetigo | 7 |
| Scabies | |
| Other Parasitic Skin Diseases | |
| Other Diseases of Skin | 16 |
| Diseases of Urinary Organs: | |
| Kidneys | 15 |
| Ureter and Bladder | 1 |
| Urinary Disorders | 27 |
| New Growths, Malignant | 6 |
| New Growths, Non-Malignant | 4 |
| Alcoholism | 10 |
| Poisoning, various | |
| Parasitic diseases (except Skin) | |
| General Injuries: | |
| Multiple Injuries | |
| Multiple Burns and Scalds | |
| Heat Stroke | |
| Suffocation—Drowning | |
| Suffocation—Effects of | |
| Compressed Air Disease | |
| Local Injuries: | |
| Burns and Scalds | |
| Injuries and Wounds | 65 |
| Wound and Injuries in Action | |
| Suicides | |
| Total | 1571 |
In addition to the above, three Maltese ratings were invalided with disease of the eye, disease of the stomach and epilepsy respectively, and 10 native ratings with insanity, pulmonary tuberculosis (2), malaria, sequela of gonorrhœa, epilepsy, a disease of the respiratory system, disease of the liver and beri-beri respectively.