MORE BIRTHS IN ENGLAND
Rugby, Aug. 14. The upward trend in the birth-rate of England and Wales was maintained during the first three months of this year, according to a Ministry of Health statement. The Registrar-General’s registered in the quarter ended 31st March records a total of 184,145 live births. This represents a rale of 17.9 per 1000 of population, which si the highest first quarter rate since 1926. There was 11,874 more feirths than in the first three months in 1943, when the rate was 16.9. Boy babies numbered 94.964. giving a proportion of 1065 boys to every 1000 girls. Births registered exceeded deaths by 37,941. while the number of marriages was the second lowest tor any quarter since the war.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 16 August 1944, Page 2
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