BRITAIN’S FALLING BIRTHRATE.
Little Increase In Population. TELLING VITAL STATISTICS. (Unites Press Association —By Elaetris T e! egraph—Copyright.) (Received August 26, 9.30 p.m.) LONDON. August 26. “Britain has arrived within sight of a stationary population,” declares Sir George Newman, Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health, in the course of his annual report. Sir George estimates that adults will be twice as numerous as children in 1941, completely reversing the prewar situation. Women of working age at present outnumber the men by 1,250,000. Sir Oeorge Newman describes 192829 as the healthiest year recorded. Infant mortality touched the lowest point, namely 65 per thousand. On the contrary, maternal mortality reached 42 per thousand, the highest recorded. Heart disease continues to be the chief killer, followed by pneumonia and lung disease.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18354, 27 August 1929, Page 9
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