§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for India what is the average life period for a man in India now; and what it was in the years 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931 and 1941?
§ Mr. AmeryI have not the information to enable me to reply to the first part40W of the Question. The expectation of life at the earlier dates for males at age 0 is shown in the following table:
Year Expectation of life (years) 1891 … … … 24.59 1901 … … … 23.63 1911 … … … 22.59 1931 … … … 26.91 No calculation was made in connection with the census of 1921.