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NATIONAL existence is to a large extent dependent upon the quantitative value of the population, and diminution of population is the downward path which, if continued, must eventually lead to national extinction. The population of any country is the resultant of the balance between births and deaths and between emigration and immigration. In the British Isles, while emigration is a material factor in reducing population, the principal influence securing its continuous increase is the excess of births over deaths.
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See “Report on Maternal Mortality in connection with Child-bearing and its Relation to Infant Mortality” (Rep. of the Med. Officer of the Loc. Gov. Board) for many of the data and details mentioned in this article.
“Infant mortality” is the number of deaths of infants during the first year of life per 1000 births.
See “Maternity and Child Welfare.” By E. J. Smith . (P. S. King and Co.) Price 1s. net.
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HEWLETT, R. Mothercraft and Infant Welfare . Nature 96, 482–483 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096482a0
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