HC Deb 20 July 1926 vol 198 cc1062-4W
Sir W. DAVISON

asked the Minister of Health if he will give particulars of the birth-rate per 1,000 in each of the London boroughs for the years 1900, 1924 and 1925 respectively?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The following statement gives the best information available in reply to the question.

Sir W. DAVISON

asked the Minister of Health if he will give the birth rate per 1.000 in Great Britain, and for the principal countries in Europe, for the last year in respect of which statistics are available?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The figures desired are as follow:

Birth Rate per 1,000 Population.
Great Britain 1925 18.6
Great Britain 1924 19.2
England and Wales 1925 18.3
England and Wales 1924 18.8
Scotland 1925 21.3
Scotland 1924 21.9
Sweden 1924 18.1 (provisional
France 1925 19.6 (provisional)
Finland 1924 22.4
Germany 1925 21.3

Denmark 1923 25.4
Switzerland 1924 18.7
Netherlands 1925 24.3 (provisional)
Belgium 1924 19.9
Spain 1925 29.4 (provisional)
Hungary 1924 26.8
Czechoslovakia 1924 25.8
Austria 1923 22.5 (provisional)
Italy 1923 29.3
Bulgaria 1922 41.2 (provisional)
Norway 1922 23.1
*Republique Socialiste Federative Sovetique de la Russie 1923 42.6
*Republique Socialiste Sovetiquedel Ukraine 1923 35.4
* These are the only parts of Russia in Europe for which figures are available.