30. Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the numbers of the African populations of Tanganyika, Kenya and Uganda, respectively; and, in the last year for which figures are available, what was the amount spent by the Governments of these Colonies, respectively, on midwives, hospitals, child welfare, and any other form of health service, and in the education of women and girls, distinguishing services supplied direct by Government and services supplied by missionary bodies with the aid of a Government grant?
§ Dr. SHIELSAs the reply is necessarily long and includes a number of figures, I will, with the Noble Lady's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I may, however, add that my Noble Friend is taking steps to ascertain what can be done to further the objects mentioned in the question and other matters of native welfare.
§ Following is the reply:
§ (i) The latest estimate of the numbers of the African population of these Dependencies is as follows:
| Tanganyika | … | … | … | 4,740,706 |
| Uganda | … | … | … | 3,241,543 |
| Kenya | … | … | … | 2,838,022 |
§ (ii) In the last year for which returns are available the total Government expenditure in these Dependencies on Health Services, exclusive of capital expenditure, was:
| £ | ||
| Tanganyika (1928–29) | … | 232,467 |
| Uganda (1928) | … | 141,713 |
| Kenya (1928) | … | 199,198 |
§ (iii) The following approximate amounts were spent on
§ (a) Upkeep of hospitals, and (b) Construction and repair of hospitals (excluding in both cases expenditure on personnel:
§ (a) Upkeep of hospitals:
| £ | |||
| Tanganyika (1928–29) | … | … | 16,015 |
| Uganda (1928) | … | … | 12,250 |
| Kenya (1928) | … | … | 12,076 |
§ (b) Construction and repair of hospitals:
| £ | |||
| Tanganyika (1928–29) | … | … | 14,974 |
| Uganda (1928) | … | … | 2,254 |
| Kenya (1928) | … | … | 16,269 |
§ (iv) The other detailed information asked for as regards expenditure on Health Services is not available.
§ (v) As regards education, no figure showing separately expenditure on female education in these Dependencies are available.
§ (vi) The grants made by the three Governments to mission bodies in respect of Health and Educational Services totalled:
| £ | ||
| (a) Tanganyika (1928–29) | … | 15,906 |
| (b) Uganda (1928) | … | 30,641 |
| (c) Kenya (1928) | … | 33,500 |
§ No information is available showing in detail the services on which these grants were expended.