THE FRENCH BIRTH-RATE In his report on the War Office Estimates in the! Budget, M. Clementel, formerly Minister for the Colonics, points out that the question of the diminution in the birth-rate in France is becoming a serious problem for the army. He foresees that in ten years' time there will be 32,000 fewer recruits to replenish the forces than there are at present, while in twenty years the number of available recruits will have fallen by 58,000. "The anxiety for luxury," he says, "is one of the principal causes of this sterility among Frenchwomen." Taking 1,000 married women of all classes he points out that among the "very poor" there are 108 births; among the "poor" there are 99; among the "moderately well ofiV" there are 72; among the "well off" there are 65; among the "wealthy" there are 53; and among the "very wealthy" there <u» 34 birth*
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Evening Star, Issue 14519, 20 March 1911, Page 2
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