HC Deb 30 June 1925 vol 185 cc2248-9W
Mr. CECIL WILSON

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, as a result of medical research work and sanitary services in the Crown Colonies and Protectorates, he can state how the death rates in 1924 compare with those in 1901?

Mr. AMERY

supplied the following figures in pursuance of his answer[Official Report, 22nd June, 1925, col. 1095]:

Colony. Death Rate per Thousand.
1901. 1923.
Antigua … 31 … 27.56
Bahamas … 29.7 (15 months ending 31st March, 1902). … 24.7
Barbados … 31.6 … 27.11
Bermuda … 21.8 … 14.8
British Guiana … 23.6 … 28.3
British Honduras … 28.39 … 20.5
Ceylon … 27.5 … 30.6
Cyprus … 18.1 … 17.7
Dominica … 23.3 … 26.66
Falklands … 7.34 … 8
Federated Malay States … Not obtainable … 24.40
Fiji … 45.78 (Fijians) … 22.5 (Fijians).
… 15 (Europeans) … 6.1 (Europeans).
… 23.6 (Others, chiefly Indians) … 6.8 (Others, chiefly Indians).
Gambia … 30 … 43.06 (Smallpox and Influenza epidemic).
Gibraltar … 18.66 … 17.10
Gold Coast … 80 (Europeans only) … 10.34
Grenada … 22.47 … 16.6
Hong Kong … 23.5 (Chinese) … 23.27 (Chinese).
… 20.5 (Non-Chinese) … 14.83 (Non-Chinese).
Jamaica … 21.9 … 22.7
Kenya … Not obtainable … 6.6 (Europeans only).
Malta … 24.86 … 23.74 (1922).
Mauritius … 40.3 … 28.5.
Montserrat … 17.4 … 15.5.
Nigeria, North … 37.5 (Europeans only) … 23.8 Europeans only. (North and South.)
Nigeria, South … 42.82 (Figures not reliable) …
Nyasaland … Not available … 5.63 (Europeans only).
St. Helena … 23.8 … 7.66.
St. Kitts and Nevis … 31.9 … 32.84.
St. Lucia … 25.58 … 22.5.
St. Vincent … 19.2 … 22.21.
Seychelles … 18.77 … 11.79.
Sierra Leone … 23.46 (Colony only) … 25.7 (Colony and Prot.).
Somaliland … No Europeans died during 1923. Native and European figures unobtainable for 1901. … —
Straits Settlements … 39.85 … 27.80.
Tanganyika Terry … No death statistics available … —
Trinidad … 25 … 20.89.
Turks and Caicos … 20 … 34.4.
Uganda … No death statistics available … —
Weihaiwei … Not obtainable … —
Zanzibar … Not obtainable … 24.1.
In the more undeveloped territories the compilation of exact returns is impracticable, and the figures given must be taken as approximate rates only.