§ Mr. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there are any statistics of the number of deaths under anæsthetics administered for the purpose of an operation occurring annually in the United Kingdom or any part thereof; whether he has information in the Home Office, or at his command, from which such statistics can be compiled; and, if not, will he take steps to obtain this information in future.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE,) Leeds, W.The number of deaths under anaesthetics administered for the purpose of operation which occurred in England and Wales in the year 1906, was 183. The figures will be found on pages 413 and 419 of the last Report of the Registrar-General. These returns are collated from the verdicts of coroners' juries in cases in which inquests are held, and from the certified causes of death in cases where no inquest is held.