§ 41. Mr. HOLDSWORTHasked the Minister of Health whether he can state 2083 the estimated number of persons of each sex attaining the age of 16 years in each of the years from 1924 to 1933?
Sir H. YOUNGAs the answer involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ Estimated numbers of persons in England and Wales attaining the age of 16 in the understated years:
| Males. | Females. | |||
| 1924 | … | … | 371,000 | 367,000 |
| 1925 | … | … | 365,000 | 362,000 |
| 1926 | … | … | 357,000 | 355,000 |
| 1927 | … | … | 352,000 | 349,000 |
| 1928 | … | … | 353,000 | 352,000 |
| 1929 | … | … | 356,000 | 356,000 |
| 1930 | … | … | 355,000 | 355,000 |
| 1931 | … | … | 329,000 | 328,000 |
| 1932 | … | … | 319,000 | 315,000 |
| 1933 | … | … | 271,000 | 269,000 |