BRITAIN'S BIRTH RATE
LONDON, June 19. The press is earnest'.y calling attention to the Birth Rate Commission's report. The clergy dep'ores the falling rate, and medical men state that the great female influx into war work is likely to cause a further decline in the birth rate, which has fallen by one-third in Great Britain since 1876.
The Times says: "As long as civilisation's ideal is the greatest comfort for the greatest number of living persons, so long will increasing numbers avoid the burden of parentage."
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Otago Witness, Issue 3250, 28 June 1916, Page 51
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86BRITAIN'S BIRTH RATE Otago Witness, Issue 3250, 28 June 1916, Page 51
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