§ Captain ERSKINE-BOLSTasked the Home Secretary the fatalities which have been recorded in the last six months as a result of the use of avertin in operations?
Sir H. YOUNGI have been asked to reply. The available records do not enable deaths attributable to anaesthesia to be distinguished from those occurring during anaesthesia, though not attributable thereto. For the six months ending 31st March last the deaths classified as attributable to or having occurred during anaesthesia included the following in which avertin was used:
- 3—Avertin alone.
- 1—Avertin in conjunction with oxygen and nitrous oxide.
- 1—Avertin in conjunction with "gas, oxygen and ether."