Show BIRTHS AND DEATHS DEPRESSION T GAUGE The depression has hit the undertaking undertaking under under- taking business in hi El Paso and apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap has had something to do with the birth rate Undertaker G G. E E. E Maxon believes that during periods of ot depression there are fewer deaths than when business conditions are goc good 1 Every depression period that I know anything about has shown a decrease in the death rates Maxon said Why that should be th the c care cafe e Is hard to explain Concerning the local birth rate Alex K Powell Powen city registrar has discovered that in times of depression depression depres depres- sion more girl babies are born and In times of prosperity more boy babies i In 1928 there were 97 more boys than girls born In El EI Paso in 1929 another prosperous year lear ear boys outnumbered outnumbered out out- numbered girls by but in 1930 when the depression began there were 46 more girls than boys born To date this year only two more girls than boys have b been n born so o Powell Chinks thinks possibly the depression depression depres depres- sion is lessening I II I |