BRITISH BIRTH-RATE
A DEFINITE INCREASE INFANT MORTALITY DOWN British Wireless RUGBY, March 13 A statistical return issued by the Registrar-General in regard to the population of England and Wales for 1934 shows that a definite increase in the birth-rate occurred last year for the first time since 1920. Tho increase was to 14.8 per 1000, compared with the low record of 14.4 set up in 1933. The death-rate was .5 per 1000 lower than in 1934 and only .4 per 1000 above the low record of 1930. Infant mortality at 59 per 1000 live births was 5 per 1000 below the figure for 1933 and the lowest on record.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22059, 15 March 1935, Page 9
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109BRITISH BIRTH-RATE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22059, 15 March 1935, Page 9
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