GERMANS ALARMED.
RAPIDLY FALLING BIRTH-RATE
■ > . BERLIN, July 20. The German .Government -is greatly concerned over the.. rapidly. falling birthrate. Tha Ministry of the Interior has issued a circular to the various authorities urging them to -make a thorough investigation as to the causes. The Government is also looking more closely into the very high death-rate-among^in-fants under one year of age, which pre-. vails more particularly m those places where women are largely employed m industrial and m heavy farm labor. By the Socialist newspapers the decline is attributed to the industrial conditions, the high cost of living, and the heavy taxes.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12826, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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