France's Birthrate.
MARRIAG£ STATISTICS. DECAY OF A NATION. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright^ Times and Sydney. Sun Services. Paris, June 2G. The alarming decline in the birthrate continues. The births in 1912 were only 745,539, which was the lowest record. In the last forty years the birthrate has been diminishing by 200,000 annually. Thirteen thousand one hundred and uixty-nine fewer marriages were celebrated in 1913, while the number of divorces incerased bv 500. totalling 15,076. The decline in the birthrate, coinciding with the industrial expansion has led to a serious dearth of labour, and a Bill has been introduced in Parliament proposing to tax all foreign labour. The Bill is unlikely to pass because this labor is an absolute and economic necessity.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 56, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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120France's Birthrate. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 56, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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