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102.
Lieut-Colonel Bromley-Davenport
asked the Secretary of State for War if he can state the length of time which elapses between the application for a Territorial efficiency decoration and the granting of such decoration.
Mr. M. Stewart
Owing to the reduction of the qualifying period for the Territorial efficiency decoration from 20 to 12 years in September, 1949, the branch concerned received a vast number of applications and queries, and some applications have had to wait nearly 12 months before the decoration was granted. It is hoped that by March, 1951, all arrears will be cleared. Thereafter, the average length of time between the application for the decoration and its grant should be about one month.
| CANCER, 1920–1949—ENGLAND AND WALES | ||||||||
| NUMBERS OF DEATHS AND DEATH-RATES PER MILLION POPULATION | ||||||||
| Year | Number of Deaths | Rates per million population | ||||||
| Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | |||
| 1920* | … | … | 43,687 | 19,659 | 24,028 | 1,166 | 1,110 | 1,219 |
| 1921 | … | … | 46,022 | 20,649 | 25,373 | 1,215 | 1,142 | 1,281 |
| 1922 | … | … | 46,903 | 21,266 | 25,637 | 1,229 | 1,167 | 1,286 |
| 1923 | … | … | 48,668 | 22,065 | 26,603 | 1,267 | 1,203 | 1,326 |
| 1924 | … | … | 50,389 | 23,099 | 27,290 | 1,300 | 1,246 | 1,351 |
| 1925 | … | … | 51,939 | 24,002 | 27,937 | 1,336 | 1,290 | 1,377 |
| 1926 | … | … | 53,220 | 24,437 | 28,783 | 1,362 | 1,307 | 1,413 |
| 1927 | … | … | 54,078 | 25,048 | 29,030 | 1,376 | 1,332 | 1,417 |
| 1928 | … | … | 56,253 | 26,013 | 30,240 | 1,425 | 1,377 | 1,469 |
| 1929 | … | … | 56,896 | 26,284 | 30,612 | 1,437 | 1,386 | 1,483 |
| 1930 | … | … | 57,883 | 26,916 | 30,967 | 1,454 | 1,411 | 1,494 |
| 1931 | … | … | 57,579 | 27,058 | 30,521 | 1,440 | 1,412 | 1,465 |
| 1932 | … | … | 58,926 | 28,104 | 30,822 | 1,466 | 1,458 | 1,473 |
| 1933 | … | … | 59,719 | 28,062 | 31,657 | 1,480 | 1,450 | 1,508 |
| 1934 | … | … | 61,376 | 28,999 | 32,377 | 1,517 | 1,494 | 1,538 |
| 1935 | … | … | 62,602 | 29,979 | 32,623 | 1,540 | 1,537 | 1,543 |
| 1936 | … | … | 64,302 | 30,739 | 33,563 | 1,575 | 1,569 | 1,580 |
| 1937 | … | … | 64,943 | 31,321 | 33,622 | 1,583 | 1,589 | 1,577 |
| 1938 | … | … | 66,584 | 31,899 | 34,685 | 1,616 | 1,612 | 1,619 |
| 1939* | … | … | 67,154 | 32,098 | 35,056 | 1,628 | 1,629 | 1,626 |
| 1940* | … | … | 68,922 | 33,317 | 35,605 | 1,723 | 1,816 | 1,645 |
| 1941* | … | … | 69,227 | 33,735 | 35,492 | 1,780 | 1,944 | 1,649 |
| 1942* | … | … | 70,419 | 34,276 | 36,143 | 1,834 | 2,024 | 1,685 |
| 1943* | … | … | 72,155 | 35,277 | 36,878 | 1,899 | 2,140 | 1,716 |
| 1944* | … | … | 72,110 | 35,287 | 36,823 | 1,897 | 2,155 | 1,704 |
| 1945* | … | … | 74,291 | 36,776 | 37,515 | 1,933 | 2,209 | 1,724 |
| 1946* | … | … | 75,771 | 37,471 | 38,300 | 1,858 | 1,994 | 1,742 |
| 1947* | … | … | 77,850 | 38,943 | 38,907 | 1,858 | 1,976 | 1,754 |
| 1948* | … | … | 79,537 | 40,130 | 39,407 | 1,858 | 1,965 | 1,761 |
| 1949* | … | … | 80,748 | 40,853 | 39,895 | 1,872 | 1,981 | 1,771 |
| * For the year 1920 and from 3rd September, 1939, the mortality rates for males and from 1st June, 1941, for females, have been calculated upon a national population which comprises civilians only but, as in other years, the numbers of deaths include those of non-civilians registered in England and Wales. | ||||||||
| This information, in respect of the preceding ten years, is given in Tables 6 and 7 of Part I (Medical) of the Registrar General's Statistical Review for each year. | ||||||||