§ Mr. HODGEasked the Minister of Health the number of deaths in Lancashire, upon inquest, which have been occasioned by starvation or accelerated by privation during the years 1919, 1920, and 1921; and the ages and sex of such deceased persons and the unions in which they died?
§ Sir A. MONDThe numbers for which the right hon. Member asks are, as regards the year 1919, 2. Both cases were women, aged about 81 and 55 respectively, and they died in the West Derby and the Blackburn Unions. The figures for 1920 are 5. All were males, aged 66, 68, 62, 76 and 28, and they died in the Ashton-under-Lyne, West Derby, Ormskirk, Chorley and Burnley Unions respectively. I regret that the figures for 1921 are not yet available.