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54.
Mr. E. HARMSWORTH
asked the President of the Board of Education the proportion of girls receiving secondary education to the number of boys, and the total number in each case?
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION
(Mr. Herbert Fisher)
The number of girls in grant-aided secondary schools in England and Wales on the 1st October, 1921, was 176,241, and of boys 184,374. The proportion of girls to boys was, approximately, 96 to 100.