§ Mr. KINGasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state, in tabular form, for each year since 1891, the numbers, ascertained by census or estimate, of births in England and Wales, of deaths tinder one year and of children living at the ages of one and five years, respectively?
§ Mr. BURNSThe numbers of births and deaths under one year of age in England and Wales in each year since 1891 are as follows:—
The numbers of children living at the ages of one and five years have not been estimated for each of the past twenty years. The number of children aged from one to two years enumerated in 1891 was 691,590, and in 1901, 727,795; these numbers are probably somewhat understated. The numbers enumerated at the age of five to six years were not tabulated, but are estimated to have been 678,147 in 1891 and 692,888 in 1901.
Year. Births. Deaths under 1 year of age. 1891 … 914,157 1135,801 1892 … 897,957 132,463 1893 … 914,572 145,061 1894 … 890,289 121,799 1895 … 922,291 148,093 1896 … 915,331 135,013 1897 … 921,683 143,589 1898 … 923,165 148,013 1899 … 928,646 150,975 1900 … 927,062 142,912 1901 … 929,807 140,648 1902 … 940,509 124,996 1903 … 948,271 124,718 1904 … 945,389 137,392 1905 … 929,293 119,091 1906 … 935,081 123,895 1907 … 918,042 107,978 1908 … 940,383 113,254 1909 … 914,472 99,430 1910 … 896,962 94,579 1911 (provisional) … 881,241 114,603