HC Deb 11 November 1926 vol 199 cc1269-70W
Colonel DAY

asked the Home Secretary the total number of cases of suicide during the 12 months preceding the last convenient date, giving the respective numbers of men and women in England and Wales, respectively?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

The total number of persons in England and Wales found by coroners' verdicts during 1925 to have committed suicide was 4,054. In England 2,686 persons were males and 1,164 females; in Wales 149 were males and 55 females.