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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 233, 28 June 1922, Page 9

A “WAR” COMPARISON. HOW THE BABIES DIED. 1 Take as an example the two cities of Paris apd' Edinburgh. . . “When the Germans besieged Paris in 1870. nearly all the infants born died. In 1915,' when the German armies again were only sixty miles from Paris it was decreed that no spirits should be sold to soldiers, women, or children. A special milk supply was nrovided bv tlie military authorities for tho mothers and children of Paris. The Infant death-rate fell, and the number of still-births fell to the lowest. on rccorq. More —£h e average weight of the infants at birth was the highest on record, In spiro Or the adverse condition? of war, this time of invasion of France proved to be the best on record for motherhood and infancy, “In Edinburgh, in the same year, 1915, where prosperity was extreme and an unprepedentad amount or money was available for motherhood, the i infant death-rate rose abruptly, and was tho highest on record tor fifteen years. It was, i n fact, higher than in 1885, the first year of which there is any record. Official reqords point indisputably to maternal spiritdrinking as the cause, and that this factor decided thef remarkable contrast between the results of Edinburgh and The above is extracted from thq N.Z. Education Department’s Special Report No. 13. The Government thinks the children should know this and apt upon It. Adults may also ■ take the lessen tq heart and vote out | the liquor traffic.—N.Z. Alliance Publicity (51). —Advt.