HC Deb 28 July 1938 vol 338 c3342W
Mr. Creech Jones

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there has been any substantial progress in the past year or so in the condition of health of African workers in the Gold Coast Colony?

Mr. M. MacDonald

Separate figures for African workers are not on record; but I think that it is fair to say, on the information before me, that there has been a definite improvement in the health of the African population.

For 1935 and 1936 the birth and death rate figures for the population in the districts in which registration applies were as follow:

1935. 1936.
Births 10,106 11,222
Birth-rate 33.0 34.5
Deaths 7,831 8,002
Death-rate 25.5 24.5

The statistics for 1937 are not yet available.