THE FALLING BIRTH RATE
Sir.—l have read quite a number of letters in your columns on tlyj above subject, mostly putting forth;; reasons and remedies which to my mind arc entirely erroneous. I have "five children myself and I think that until something is done to shorten the hours of work for tho mother there will never be anything else than a falling birthrate. All around us we have able-bodied meii doing a mere 40 hours-a weekwhile, the mothers of this country work up to 80 hours, and very often more. They enjoy no such thing!, as, Sundays off, let alone < Saturdays.. Jfeliticiani think that if the State pays the nurse and the • doctor that is a great help, Personally, I prefer to pay them myself, but if the St:ite provided domestic help, either free or subsidised, to all families over a given size who could not reasonably afford it, it-would be doing something worth while. This would enable mothers to get recreation, fresh air and a holiday sometimes which is not the case now. Fairplay ros All.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23218, 12 December 1938, Page 14
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178THE FALLING BIRTH RATE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23218, 12 December 1938, Page 14
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