§ SIR H. COTTON (Nottingham, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the rate of mortality in local prisons and in convict prisons in England and Wales during each of the past ten years, and the number of floggings inflicted as gaol punishment in England and Wales during each of the past ten years
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) The death rate from natural causes in local and convict prisons during the ten years ended the 31st March, 1905, was as follows:—
§ The number of corporal punishments in local and convict prisons for prison offences during each of the ten years ended the 31st March, 1905, was as follows:—
| Year ended 31st March. | In Local Prisons. | In Convict Prisons. |
| 1896 | 95 | 14 |
| 1897 | 112 | 19 |
| 1898 | 50 | 7 |
| 1899 | 44 | 3 |
| 1900 | 17 | 12 |
| 1901 | 23 | 19 |
| 1902 | 25 | 21 |
| 1903 | 27 | 20 |
| 1904 | 25 | 15 |
| 1905 | 15 | 8 |