§ 79. Dr. SHIELSasked the President of the Board of Trade the crude death rates in the merchant marine of British, of foreign, and of Lascar seamen from pneumonia, from phthisis, from all other diseases, and from accidents and injuries of all kinds for each of the three years 1920, 1921, and 1922?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Burton Chadwick)The answer contains a table of figures, and the hon. Member will perhaps allow me to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the reply:
The following statement shows the rates per 10,000 persons employed, of deaths recorded as having been due to the causes specified below, among seamen in the mercantile marine of the United Kingdom, during each of the years 1920-1922: