HC Deb 15 December 1925 vol 189 cc1215-6W
Dr. WATTS

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received a resolution, adopted by the Council of the Royal Sanitary Institute, based on resolutions passed at a congress of that institution at Liverpool in July, 1924, to the effect that the classification in the Report of Deaths of Seamen, published by the Board of Trade, is antiquated and should be remodelled; and whether he is taking any steps in respect to this resolution?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

I have received a resolution from the Royal Sanitary Institute and also their detailed suggestions regarding the death statistics of seamen. The Permanent Consultative Committee on Official Statistics has appointed a special sub-committee to advise whether any alteration in the classification of these death statistics is necessary.