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Show French Birth Rate Increases. Vital statistics show that the birth rate increased in France in 1920. At Marseilles, for the first time in years, the number of births greatly exceeded the number of deaths. At Chalon-sur-tiaone the total of births for the year was 6S0 and that of deaths 520 only, whereas the figures for 1919 had been, births 420 and deaths 571. In Toulon t he number of births exceeded by 11S that of deaths, something that has not happened for thirty years. From Orleans Or-leans satisfactory figures have also been communicated, and at Dieppe the number of births exceeded by 30 per cent the number of deaths. |