§ Mr. WARDLEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any statistics exist of the number of deaths from suicide; whether he can give the figures for each of the last five years; whether the statistics are classified according to the manner of death; and, if so, can he give particulars?
§ Mr. GLADSTONEThe number of verdicts of suicide returned by coroners' juries in each of the five years,1903 to 1907, is as follows:—
The figures for 1908 are not yet available. The Returns made to the Home Office do not disclose the manner of death, but the information is furnished by the Registrar-General in his Annual Report (see Report for 1907, page 438).
1903 … … … … 3,480 1904 … … … … 3,327 1905 … … … … 3,515 1906 … … … … 3,434 1907 … … … … 3,477