A NATION'S VIRILITY
BIRTHRATE NOT A TEST. QUALTTY MORE IMPORTANT.
[Press Association.]
(Sydney Sun Cables.)
(Received Sept. 29, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 28. "Mere birthrate figures are ceasing to he regarded as a test of a n,v tion's virility," says Sir Arbuthnot Lane, in an article in the Daily .Mail "The nations nrc learning that quality is more important. Death statistics are more vital tlian hirth. Tesfed therehy New Zeala nd, Australia, South Africa, and Canada in that order stand easilv thc highest in the world. The moral is "ear. Tlie peopdes of the Dominions liv' niearer naiure, hotli working and feeding. The whole world knows their higli standards of social welfa.re. Ln addition to what alert intclligencc and natural fortune have brouglit them. tliey are bcld enough to accept ihe latest teaching regarding health." Sir Arbuthnot enthusia.stioallv cites New Zealand's Director of Health respecting air, sunlight, fcleep, exercise. fruit, vegetables, and dairy produce, and says that there is abundant proof that tho same results could be aehieved in Britain.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 230, 29 September 1926, Page 5
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