§ 38. Mr. DAVID ADAMSasked the Minister of Health if he is able to state the number of women married, single, or widowed, respectively, insured under the National Health Insurance Acts for each of the preceding five years?
§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREThe number of married women insured under the National Health Insurance Acts is only obtained for the purposes of the valuation of the assets and liabilities of approved societies. At the time of the Second Valuation (1922–1923) there were 4,844,014 women in normal insurance, of whom 928,126 were married, and 3,915,888 were spinsters or widows. For the Third Valuation (1927–1929) the corresponding figures were 1,132,244 married women, and 4,294,877 spinsters or widows.