HC Deb 11 December 1922 vol 159 c2404W
Lieut.-Colonel CROFT

asked the Home Secretary what is the average surplus of births over deaths in Great Britain during the last four completed years?

Major BOYD-CARPENTER

The information asked for in the question is given in the following table:

England and Wales. Scotland. Great Britain.
1918 50,800 20,182 70,982
1919 188,235 31,119 219,354
1920 491,652 68,367 560,019
1921 390,185 56,991 447,176
Total 1,120,872 176,659 1,297,531
Average 280,218 44,165 324,383