§ Sir Richard Pilkingtonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give in comparable form the average annual number of homicides in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, respectively, and the actual number of homicides in 1958, 1959 and 1960.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe following table shows the average number of offences of murder, of manslaughter, and of infanticide and child destruction, known to the police for the periods 1920–29, 1930–39, 1940–49 and 1950–59:
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerIt is part of the duty of the police to advise and assist the public on methods of preventing crime, and this duty is discharged in various ways: for example, in the Metropolitan Police there is a crime prevention officer in each sub-division. There is frequent consultation between the 145W police and the Home Office about methods of crime prevention, including advice to the public