Ceylon Prisons—Mortality Statistics.

HC Deb 02 November 1908 vol 195 c771

SIR H. COTTON (Nottingham, E.)

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state what was the percentage of mortality among prisoners in Ceylon prisons during the year 1907.

THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Colonel SEELY,) Liverpool, Abercromby

The percentage per annum was 3.6.

*SIR H. COTTON

Nearly double the rate in Indian prisons, I think?

COLONEL SEELY

It is not at all satisfactory, I admit.