HC Deb 21 March 1938 vol 333 c853W
Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Minister of Health whether he can state the proportion of persons who die at their own homes in this country and those in institutions, respectively?

Sir K. Wood

The latest information available is that published in Appendix B of the Registrar-General's Statistical Review, Part I, for the year 1930 which shows the aggregated figures for the years 1926–1930.

The figures and percentages are as follow:

Deaths by Place of Occurrence, England and Wales, 1926–1930.
— Number of deaths. Per cent.
Deaths in Institutions 780,529 32.7
Deaths elsewhere than in Institutions. 1,606,192 67.3
2,386,731 100