§ MR. GOULDING (Worcester)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can state what proportions of the total population of England and Wales at all ages and at ages seventy and upwards, respectively, are estimated to be living in towns with populations at the last Census of 50,000 and upwards.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) At the Census of 1901 the total population of England and Wales at all ages was 32,527,813, of whom 14,50,863, or 44.6 per cent., were living in towns with a population of 50,000 or upwards. Of the total population, 888,080 persons were aged seventy years and upwards, and of these 304,126, or 34.2 per cent. were living in the towns above referred to.