HC Deb 11 March 1910 vol 14 cc1874-5W
Mr. ARMITAGE

asked the President of the Local Government Board if he will state what was the rate of mortality among children under five years of age in each of the following years: 1901, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908?

Mr. BURNS

The annual death-rates in England and Wales, in the years referred to, of children under five years of age, were as follows:—

Year. Death rate per 1,000 living.
1901 … … … … 54.1
1904 … … … … 51.6
1905 … … … … 44.7
1906 … … … … 45.3
1907 … … … … 40.9
1908 … … … … 40.6