DECLINING BIRTH RATE
KXCLA.SI) and walks. London, May 10. The birth-rate in England and Wales continues to deeline. Jn the first' quarter of 1111 l (according to the Registrarfuneral's return) the annual rate was 21.S per 10(10, ur 2.7 below the average for the corresponding period in the ten preceding years. This is the lowest figure for any first quarter since civil registration was established. Oentlis were in the proportion of ].">.!> annuallv per 1(100 of the population. This is slightly higher than the rate in the first, quarter of lIIKI. Inn is 1.7 per KKM) below the decennial average. Infantile mortality, measured by (lie proportion of deaths under one year of age to registered births, was equal to M 5 per 1000. The average fur the 111 preceding "first quarters was 130. In the ruilcl Kingdom 250.007 births and 15.'!.804 deaths were registered /'*!'- ing the three months. The natural increase of population was therefore 92,2!13. The birth rate was 24.7 and the death rate 10.2 per MOO of tlie estimated population.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 8, 4 July 1911, Page 7
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171DECLINING BIRTH RATE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 8, 4 July 1911, Page 7
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