Mr. ALEXANDERalso asked the Minister of Health the number of children born in each of the years from 1914–22, giving the numbers separately for illegitimate births?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe numbers of children born (total and illegitimate) for each year, 1914 to 1922, are shown below:
England and Wales—Births. Total. Illegitimate. 1914 879,096 37,329 1915 814,614 36,245 1916 785,520 37,689 1917 668,346 37,157 1918 662,661 41,452 1919 692,438 41,876 1920 957,782 44,947 1921 848,814 38,618 1922 780,124 34,138