HC Deb 09 April 1925 vol 182 cc2461-2W
Colonel DAY

asked the Minister of Health if he will instruct the medical officers of the Ministry to make inquiries as to the weekly wage necessary to maintain a family of five in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle-on-Tyne with adequate housing accommodation, food and clothing; and whether he will furnish the figures to the House before the Adjournment for the Easter Recess?

Year. England and Wales. London.*
Vaccinations per cent. of Births. Smallpox Deaths. Smallpox Death-Rate per 10,000 population. Vaccinations per cent. of Births. Smallpox Deaths. Smallpox Death-Rate per 10,000 population.
1872 … … 85 19,022 8˙2 81˙9 1,786 5˙4
1873 … … 85˙2 2,303 1˙0 81˙6 113 ˙3
1874 … … 85˙05 2,084 ˙9 81˙5 57 ˙2
1875 … … 84˙9 849 ˙4 81˙0 46 ˙1
1876 … … 86 2,408 1 84 736 2
1877 … … 86˙3 4,278 1˙7 83˙9 2,551 7˙1
1878 … … 85˙3 1,856 ˙7 83˙1 1,417 3˙9
1879 … … 86 536 ˙2 83˙4 450 1˙2
1880 … … 85˙1 648 ˙3 83˙8 471 1˙3
1881 … … 86˙6 3,098 1˙2 85˙3 2,367 6˙2
1882 … … 85˙9 1,317 ˙5 84˙6 430 1˙1
1883 … … 85˙6 957 ˙4 84˙2 136 ˙4
1884 … … 84˙4 2,234 ˙8 83˙5 1,236 3˙1
* The Administrative and Registration counties of London were made coextensive in 1901. The figures for earlier years relate to the Registration counties.

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

For England and Wales, the desired figures, according to the 1921 Census, were as follow:

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I do not think that such an inquiry could be appropriately made by the officers mentioned.