BIRTHS IN AUSTRALIA

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5646, 19 June 1919, Page 3

BIRTHS IN AUSTRALIA

MARKED DECLINE SINCE 1911

The quarterly summary of Australian statistics reveals that the toiiwl uum- , ber of bTThs in 1918 was 125,735), a dc'dine of a little over lIHJU on that of the previous year. Since, 15)11 tlie annual number of birlbs in the Commonwealth has doc lined by 12.000, the futures for each year beiii^;—ls)l4, 137,983; 1915, 134..871 ; 1910, 131,120; 1917, 129,5)65; 15)18, 12b,735). In the year' mentioned the birth rate has defined successively from 28.05 per 1000 of mean population to 27.25. 20.78, 20.51 and 25.35. Tim death rate has not matei'ally chaiqted. lie tween 15)11 and 15)17 the number of deaths dropped iiom 51,720 to 18,025). but jumped up a;;aiu ]„sl year to 50,215). The marriage marl'd lias firmed slightly. The uumlier of mafriaees, bavin*; dropped from 13 311 ip 1914 to 33,000 in 15)17. lemaiimd at 1*3.141 in 1918. With the return of. many prospective bridegrooms from the war these Inures should advance vmsiclerablv this year and next. The estii,sited population of the Commonwealth ('excluded of full-blooded fhe end of 1918 was 5,030,479, of winch '2,054,713 resided in the capful o’tics. Tlie, mai'ea numbered 2.473,297 and the I females 2,557.182,