§ Mr. MABANEasked the Minister of Health whether he can give statistics to show the death rate per thousand of the population in 1932, the infantile mortality rate per thousand births in 1932, the expectation of life of males and females at birth in 1931 or 1932, and the expectation of life of males and females at the age of 20 in 1931 or 1932?
Sir H. YOUNGI regret that the census material requisite for the construction of life tables for 1931 is not yet available. The remaining figures asked for in the question are as follow:
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District. Number of No. of Gate-end Loaders. Percentage of Total Output of Coal conveyed. Coal-Face Conveyors. Gate Conveyors. Direct into Tubs. With Gate end Loaders. Total. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Scotland 536 152 174 24 18 42 Durham 237 63 52 8 3 11 Northumberland 219 74 35 21 7 28 Yorkshire 353 90 83 11 4 15 North Staffordshire 232 32 17 62 10 72 South Staffordshire and Worcester. 1 1 — 2 — 2 Warwickshire 91 47 16 28 12 40 North Wales 99 19 1 42 1 43 Lancashire and Cheshire 271 41 9 23 2 25 South Wales and Mop-mouth. 653 222 10 20 — 20 Other Districts 574 114 129 17 10 27 Great Britain 3,265 855 526 18 7 25
England and Wales, 1932 (Provisional figures). General death rate per 1,000 population 12.0 Infantile Mortality rate (deaths under one year per 1,000 live births) 65