§ 36. Mr. J. HARRISasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the death rate by sickness and accident, respectively, in the gold mines of the Gold Coast Colony for the last complete year?
Mr. THOMASThe death rate from accident for the last complete year for which statistics are available, namely, 1921, was 1.39 per thousand labourers daily employed. It has not been the practice to furnish figures of the death rate from sickness. My predecessor, some time ago, directed that such statistics should be furnished, but I have not yet been able to obtain complete and accurate figures. The information which I have obtained, however, leads me to doubt whether the conditions of labour at the mines are satisfactory, and I propose to discuss the whole matter with the Governor at an early date.