§ 30. Mr. SUTTONasked the Minister of Health whether he can state the general death-rate from all causes and also the death-rate of miners from all causes for the country as a whole; and whether he can give such figures, separately, for the various mining areas?
§ Sir K. WOODAs the answer involves a number of figures, I will, with permission circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The answer is as follows:
§ I may refer the hon. Member to the table (Table C) on page 326 of Volume 3 of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry, 1925, containing the following statistics furnished by the Registrar-General of the deaths in 1997 standard populations at ages of coal miners in various mining localities.
1921–3. | |
Locality | Deaths—Coal miners in standard population aged 25–65. |
Durham and Northumberland | 665 |
Lancashire and Cheshire | 760 |
Yorkshire, West Riding | 666 |
Derby and Nottingham | 560 |
South Wales, including Monmouth | 747 |
§ The corresponding figures for all England and Wales in 1921–3 are:
All coal miners (aged 25–65) | 673 |
All males (aged 25–65) | 661 |