Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-29 | Page 4 | Deaths Exceed Births Berlin

DEATHS EXCEED BIRTHS IN BERLIN BERLIN. Wednesday, Nov. 27 (By the Associated Press). The vital statistics of Berlin, the publication of which heretofore here-tofore has been prohibited, are now available. They disclose the almost catastrophic ca-tastrophic effect of the war's privations on the people of Berlin. The excess of births over deaths in 113 was 12,76U. hi 1916 there was an excess of deaths over births of 4410, and there were 15.31)7 more deaths than births In 1917. These figures do not include the soldiers who died at the front or in hospitals. The total number of deaths In 1917 was 7000 more than the previous pre-vious year, despite the fact that Berlin's Ber-lin's population had decreased 70,000.