§ Mr. LYNCHasked the President of the Local Government Board what is the excess of births over deaths in Great Britain for each of the ten years ending with 1911, and including that year; and what was the rate per 1,000 of such excess in relation to the population?
§ Mr. BURNSThe excess of births over deaths in Great Britain in each of the ten years 1902–11, and the rate of such excess per 1,000 persons living, are shown in the following Table:—
Year. Excess of Births over Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Persona Living. 1902 … 459,297 12.26 1903 … 491,166 12.98 1904 … 450,227 11.75 1905 … 466,136 12.08 1906 … 460,170 11.81 1907 … 445,365 11.32 1908 … 473,451 11.88 1909 … 450,506 11.22 1910 … 465,470 11.48 1911 … 403,462 9.86