BRITISH BIRTH-RATE HIGHER
(Received November 12, 11 pJB->' LONDON, November 1L The British birth-rate last year showed the first increase for mjUHT years. The figures were 14.8 per IJWU, compared with 14.7 per 1000 in M»% and 14.4 per 1000 in 1933, which wa» the lowest ever recorded. , The county of Durham, one of tM worst of the distressed areas, had W highest birth-rate, 17.3 per 1000, approving the theory that unempWy* ment was to blame for the decant in population.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22249, 13 November 1937, Page 16
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