DEATHS OUTNUMBER BIRTHS.
FRANCE’S FALLING POPULATION. (United Press Association—B7 Eiectrlo Telegraph—Copyright.) PARIS, April 9. Statistics issued by the French Government show that last year, for the first time in history, deaths heavily outnumbered births. Whereas 70,000 more births than deaths were registered in France in 1928, the population deficit is 12,564. The decline threatens France’s military and industrial power, especially in view of the foreign population.
One-child marriage is almost standardised.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18541, 11 April 1930, Page 9
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71DEATHS OUTNUMBER BIRTHS. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18541, 11 April 1930, Page 9
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