The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Mr. Rhys Davies
asked the Minister of Health the number of deaths in this country for each quinquennium period from 1913 onwards and the percentages of those figures to the total population?
Mr. Elliot
The figures for England and Wales for the available quinquennial periods are as follow:
| — | Deaths. | Crude rates per 1,000 living. |
| 1911–1915* | 2,598,719 | 14·3 |
| 1916–1920* | 2,589,333 | 14·4 |
| 1921–1925 | 2,336,270 | 12·1 |
| 1926–1930 | 2,386,721 | 12·1 |
| 1931–1935 | 2,426,602 | 12·0 |
| 1936 | 495,764 | 12·1 |
| 1937 | 509,574 | 12·4 |
| 1938 | 478,829 | 11·6 |
| 1939† | 499,191 | 12·1 |
| * For the years 1915–20 the mortality rates are based upon civilians only, but as in other years, the numbers of deaths include those of non-civilians registered in England and Wales. | ||
| †Provisional. | ||