HC Deb 21 July 1924 vol 176 c852
53. Mr. LANSBURY

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of births in British India during the past 10 years ending 30th June; and the number of deaths of children under one, five and 10 years of age for the same period?

Mr. RICHARDS

As. the reply takes the form of a statistical table, I propose, with my hon. Friend's permission, to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the reply:

Number of registered births in British India:

Year. Number.
1914 … … … 9,447,300
1915 … … … 9,021,825
1916 … … … 8,856,283
1917 … … … 9,379,349
1918 … … … 8,430,560
1919 … … … 7,212,415
1920 … … … 7,864,232
1921 … … … 7,322,639
1922 … … … 7,538,956
1923 … … … 7,909,097
Number of deaths of children.
Year. Under 1. Under 5. Under 10.
1914 2,001,988 1,264,000 422,403
1915 1,821,732 1,132,395 442,878
1916 1,793,734 1,196,972 423,761
1917 1,929,491 1,365,463 512,991
1918 2,252,034 2,052,979 1,037,796
1919 1,618,799 1,351,729 625,735
1920 1,532,990 1,148,567 498,157
1921 * — — —
1922 * — — —
1923 * — — —
* No figures for this period are available.