DEFINITE INCREASE IN BIRTH RATE
NOTABLE TREND IN ENGLAND DECREASING INFANT MORTALITY British Official Wireless (Received March 13, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, March 12. A statistical return by the RegistrarGeneral, in regard to the population of England and Wales for 1934, shows that definite increase in the birth rate occurred last year for the first time since 1920. The increase was to 14.8 per 1000, compared with the low record of 14.4 set up in 1933. The death rate was .5 per 1000 lower than in 1934, and only .4 above the low record of 1930.
Infant mortality at 59 per 1000 live births is 5 per 1000 below the figures for 1933, and the lowest on record.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20057, 14 March 1935, Page 9
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117DEFINITE INCREASE IN BIRTH RATE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20057, 14 March 1935, Page 9
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