§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the percentages of child mortality in Uganda for the years 1955 to 1957, respectively; and to what extent it has been established that malnutrition is a major cause of death among young children.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydStatistics of child mortality, except for non-Africans, are not available for Uganda. Death registration is in operation in the whole of the Protectorate, except Karamoja, but it is known to be far from complete and to vary considerably from one district to another. Since the results can be highly misleading, they are not published.
A great deal of work is being done in Uganda to assess the rôle of under-nutrition in child mortality, but, though it is one important factor, it is not yet possible to state with any precision its importance relative to other factors, such as hygiene.