HC Deb 15 March 1911 vol 22 cc2219-20
Sir CHARLES HUNTER

asked the number of deaths per thousand among the natives employed on the Rand during last year, and the number of deaths per thousand among the Chinese during the last year of their employment?

Mr. HARCOURT

I have not the precise figures asked for, but according to the reports of the Chamber of Mines the death rate in 1910 for natives employed by members of the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association was 30.85 per thousand from all causes except accident, and the death rate per thousand for Chinese in 1909 was 15.01.