NATIONAL BIRTH RATE
sex instruction recom-" . mended;;; ;(&T!£ s
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association). LONDON,. April 19..'" The national birth rate coninjissiofl, with the Bishop of Birmingham-.as President and including presented a report to the ; Board'; oi Education to-day. The report mends sex instruction. However vjjim. ciilt and delicate the task- cannof;'qe shirked with' due regard to monjj. :sai : ety ' and the welfare of youth. It is gen.erjyj: ly agreed that it is impossible- rigidly 'to fix tjie age at which instruction isngujg f commence. One doctor urged that s a.poy of nine was perfectly able "to tfndersi|n<£ the physiological facts ! of , The commission did hot give a' .definite rule whether parents or teachers; snoiitdL impart knowledge,' but, that teachers should be ed for the purpose.. '"' ' : ' r 'j ! '",'V- '
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 20 April 1923, Page 5
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131NATIONAL BIRTH RATE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 20 April 1923, Page 5
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