§ 71. Sir WILLIAM DAVISONasked the Minister of Health the birth rate per 1,000 in Great Britain and for the principal countries in Europe for the last year in respect of which statistics are available?
§ Sir K. WOODAs the answer involves a number of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSDoes the answer include the corrected figures for age distribution and sex distribution of population?
§ Sir K. WOODSome of the figures, I see, are provisional only.
§ Following is the answer:
| BIRTH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION. | ||||
| Great Britain | 1926 | … | 18.1 | |
| 1925 | … | 18.6 | ||
| England and Wales | 1926 | … | 17.8 | |
| 1925 | … | 18.3 | ||
| Scotland | 1926 | … | 20.9 | |
| 1925 | … | 21.3 | ||
| Sweden | 1926 | … | 16.9 | (provisional). |
| France | 1926 | … | 18.8 | (provisional). |
| Finland | 1925 | … | 22.3 | |
| Germany | 1925 | … | 21.3 | |
| Denmark | 1924 | … | 21.9 | |
| Switzerland | 1925 | … | 18.4 | |
| Netherlands | 1926 | … | 23.8 | (provisional). |
| Belgium | 1925 | … | 19.6 | |
| Spain | 1925 | … | 29.4 | (provisional). |
| Hungary | 1926 | … | 20.7 | (provisional). |
| Czechoslovakia | 1925 | … | 25.1 | |
| Austria | 1924 | … | 21.7 | (provisional). |
| Italy | 1925 | … | 27.5 | (provisional). |
| Bulgaria | 1924 | … | 39.7 | (provisional). |
| Norway | 1925 | … | 20.0 | |
| Republique Socialiste Federative Sovetique de la Russie.* | 1924 | … | 43.6 | (provisional). |
| Republique Socialiste Sovetique de L'Ukraine.* | 1923 | … | 35.4 | |
| *These are the only parts of Russia in Europe for which figures are available. |
§ 72. Sir W. DAVISONasked the Minister of Health the birth rate per 1,000 in each of the London Boroughs for the years 1901, 1911, 1925, and 1926, respectively?
§ Sir K. WOODAs regards the figures for 1926, I will, with permission, circulate them in the OFFICIAL REPORT. As regards the other figures, I will furnish my hon. Friend with a copy of the statement given on the 20th of July, 1926.
§ Following are the figures:
| Birth-rate per 1,000 population in Metropolitan Boroughs. | ||
| Borough. | 1926. | |
| City of London | … | 8.0 |
| Inner and Middle Temples | … | 6.9 |
| Battersea | … | 17.3 |
| Bermondsey | … | 20.7 |
| Bethnal Green | … | 20.9 |
| Camberwell | … | 16.6 |
| Chelsea | … | 13.3 |
| Deptford | … | 18.2 |
| Finsbury | … | 20.6 |
| Fulham | … | 16.3 |
| Greenwich | … | 17.7 |
| Hackney | … | 17.3 |
| Hammersmith | … | 16.3 |
| Hampstead | … | 12.3 |
| Holborn | … | 12.4 |
| Islington | … | 18.5 |
| Kensington | … | 15.1 |
| Lambeth | … | 17.2 |
| Lewisham | … | 15.4 |
| Paddington | … | 15.4 |
| Poplar | … | 21.6 |
| St. Marylebone | … | 12.8 |
| St. Pancras | … | 16.7 |
| Shoreditch | … | 23.3 |
| Southwark | … | 20.2 |
| Stepney | … | 19.7 |
| Stoke Newington | … | 15.6 |
| Wandsworth | … | 14.3 |
| Westminster | … | 11.3 |
| Woolwich | … | 16.8 |
| Administrative County of London | … | 17.1 |