HC Deb 08 November 1950 vol 480 cc66-7W
102. Lieut-Colonel Bromley-Davenport

asked the Secretary of State for War if he can state the length of time which elapses between the application for a Territorial efficiency decoration and the granting of such decoration.

Mr. M. Stewart

Owing to the reduction of the qualifying period for the Territorial efficiency decoration from 20 to 12 years in September, 1949, the branch concerned received a vast number of applications and queries, and some applications have had to wait nearly 12 months before the decoration was granted. It is hoped that by March, 1951, all arrears will be cleared. Thereafter, the average length of time between the application for the decoration and its grant should be about one month.

CANCER, 1920–1949—ENGLAND AND WALES
NUMBERS OF DEATHS AND DEATH-RATES PER MILLION POPULATION
Year Number of Deaths Rates per million population
Persons Males Females Persons Males Females
1920* … … 43,687 19,659 24,028 1,166 1,110 1,219
1921 … … 46,022 20,649 25,373 1,215 1,142 1,281
1922 … … 46,903 21,266 25,637 1,229 1,167 1,286
1923 … … 48,668 22,065 26,603 1,267 1,203 1,326
1924 … … 50,389 23,099 27,290 1,300 1,246 1,351
1925 … … 51,939 24,002 27,937 1,336 1,290 1,377
1926 … … 53,220 24,437 28,783 1,362 1,307 1,413
1927 … … 54,078 25,048 29,030 1,376 1,332 1,417
1928 … … 56,253 26,013 30,240 1,425 1,377 1,469
1929 … … 56,896 26,284 30,612 1,437 1,386 1,483
1930 … … 57,883 26,916 30,967 1,454 1,411 1,494
1931 … … 57,579 27,058 30,521 1,440 1,412 1,465
1932 … … 58,926 28,104 30,822 1,466 1,458 1,473
1933 … … 59,719 28,062 31,657 1,480 1,450 1,508
1934 … … 61,376 28,999 32,377 1,517 1,494 1,538
1935 … … 62,602 29,979 32,623 1,540 1,537 1,543
1936 … … 64,302 30,739 33,563 1,575 1,569 1,580
1937 … … 64,943 31,321 33,622 1,583 1,589 1,577
1938 … … 66,584 31,899 34,685 1,616 1,612 1,619
1939* … … 67,154 32,098 35,056 1,628 1,629 1,626
1940* … … 68,922 33,317 35,605 1,723 1,816 1,645
1941* … … 69,227 33,735 35,492 1,780 1,944 1,649
1942* … … 70,419 34,276 36,143 1,834 2,024 1,685
1943* … … 72,155 35,277 36,878 1,899 2,140 1,716
1944* … … 72,110 35,287 36,823 1,897 2,155 1,704
1945* … … 74,291 36,776 37,515 1,933 2,209 1,724
1946* … … 75,771 37,471 38,300 1,858 1,994 1,742
1947* … … 77,850 38,943 38,907 1,858 1,976 1,754
1948* … … 79,537 40,130 39,407 1,858 1,965 1,761
1949* … … 80,748 40,853 39,895 1,872 1,981 1,771
* For the year 1920 and from 3rd September, 1939, the mortality rates for males and from 1st June, 1941, for females, have been calculated upon a national population which comprises civilians only but, as in other years, the numbers of deaths include those of non-civilians registered in England and Wales.
This information, in respect of the preceding ten years, is given in Tables 6 and 7 of Part I (Medical) of the Registrar General's Statistical Review for each year.