§ Mr. WRIGHTasked the Minister of Health if he can give the returns from the Reports of the Registrar-General of the number of suicides per million of the population for each quinquennial period 1896–1900 to 1916–1920, inclusive?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYThe required figures for England and Wales are as follow:
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Period. Rate per million population. 1896–1900 89 1901–1905 101 1906–1910 102 1911–1915 95 1916–1920 79 The figures given in respect of the years 1915–1918 relate only to civilian deaths and population.