FALLING BIRTH-RATE.
IN ITALY AND GERMANY. United Press Assn— F'ec. ’’’cl Copyright. LONDON, July 23. Efforts by Italy and Germany to alleviate the financial burdens of large families have not led to any noticeable increase In the birthrate, staled Dr. Kuczynski. a distinguished authority on population questions, when addressing the Royal Sanitary Congress. The Italian policy was inaugurated in 1926. when the annual births were t .095.000. he said. Thev have been less than 1,000,000 every year since 1931, and were only 955.000 last year. Dr. Kuczynski expressed the view that appeals to married people to rear children as a national duly, and severe laws against abortion and birth-con-trol. were equal I v futile. The flglil against population decline was handicapped b> the absence of adequate statistics, which were far more extensive and accurate in the Dominions*
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20254, 24 July 1937, Page 7
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137FALLING BIRTH-RATE. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20254, 24 July 1937, Page 7
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