HC Deb 12 August 1947 vol 441 c237W
2. Mr. King

asked the Secretary of State for War how many German prisoners of war died in British-controlled camps in Belgium last year; and from what causes.

Mr. Bellenger

During the first half of 1946 deaths of German prisoners of war in camps in Belgium were notified from the following causes:

Tuberculosis 49
Dysentery and abdominal diseases 38
Heart disease 31
Paralysis and brain disease 27
Pneumonia 16
Other diseases 18
Suicide 7
Accident 7
Total 193

The camps were all closed by 1st July, 1946.