HC Deb 07 March 1917 vol 91 cc409-10W
Mr. HAYDN JONES

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War what was the percentage of deaths amongst soldiers at Park Hall Camp, Oswestry, for the months of October, November, December, January, and February last, and the causes of such deaths?

Mr. MACPHERSON

The information is as follows:

January, 1917 .028% 1 pneumonia, 1 fracture of skull, 1 scarlet fever, 1 died out of hospital.
December, 1916 .018% 2 heart disease. 1 pneumococeal infection.
November, 1916 .022% 1 pneumonia, 2 accidental, 1 died out of hospital. "natural causes"
October, 1916 .012% 2 suicidal, 1 pneumonia.

The figures for February, 1917, are not yet available.

Mr. JONES

asked what was the percentage of deaths among soldiers at Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl, for the months of October, November, December, January, and February last, and the causes of such deaths?

Mr. MACPHERSON

The information is as follows:

January, 1917 .034% 2 asthma., 1 pneumonia, 1 influenza, 1 syncope(brought in dead).
December, 1916 .035% 1 pneumonia.l bronchitis, 2 asthma,. 1 accidental, 1 tubercle of lung,. 1 cerebral haemorrhage.
November, 1916 Nil No deaths.
October, 1916 Nil No deaths.

The figures for February, 1917, are not yet available.