ARMISTICE BABIES.
Since the armistice there has been a steady increase in the number of English babies. ' /r l'he present figures," says the Registrar-General, "seem lo confirm the theory'that after a great war or disaster Nature adjusts the balance between the sexes by increasing the number of male babies in proportion to the female. Male births in England and Wales were persistent throughout the Mar period, starting in .May, 1915. i'or 40 years before the war the average male excess was in the proportion of 1038 boys to 1000 girls. Since May, 1915, the lowest proportion has been 10-13 boys to 1000 girls, and at one period it was as high as 1050 boys and 1000 girls. In Berlin during the war the same tiling was observed."
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Otaki Mail, 31 December 1919, Page 4
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127ARMISTICE BABIES. Otaki Mail, 31 December 1919, Page 4
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