THE BIRTH RATE.
WELLINGTON. May 1. The vital statistics for Greater Wellington for April appear to indicate a fall of about 25 per cent. iiT the birth rate compared with the figures for the previous months, and also the monthly averages for the past year. For the period stated there were only 149 births, against 206 for March this year and 208 for April of 1921. Dr Truby King says that the birth rate, not only in Wellington, but all over New Zealand, is going steadily down. It dropped from 24 per 1000 in 1917 to 21 in 1921. It was 35 in 1885, and should be 30. The fall towards a mere maintenance standard was menacing and serious.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3556, 9 May 1922, Page 9
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119THE BIRTH RATE. Otago Witness, Issue 3556, 9 May 1922, Page 9
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