HC Deb 22 March 1926 vol 193 c886W
Mr. SCURR

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the birth rate and death rate for the province of Bengal during the years 1923 and 1924?

Earl WINTERTON

The registered birth rate for 1923 was 29.9 per thousand, and the death rate 25.5 per thousand. Figures for 1924 are not yet available.