asked the Minister of Health what was the death rate per 1,000,000 living from all forms of cancer in the years 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944.

The death rates per million living (civilians only) from all forms of cancer in England and Wales during the years specified were as follow:

	Actual.	Standardized.
1940	1,723	981
1941	1,780	979
1942	1,834	977
1943	1,899	983
1944	1,897 (Provisional)	Not available

The standardized death rates are those which would have been recorded if the sex and age constitution of the population had been the same as in 1901.