Show Deaths Exceed Births in England and Wales LONDON May a 28 8 AP Deaths P Deaths exceeded births by Hll in England England England En En- gland and A Wales Vales in the first quarter quarter quarter ter of ot 1929 and the total tota deaths death Inthe in inthe inthe the period num numbered r mor more than an increase of ot over the corresponding quarter of ot 19 1928 8 The bitter cold spoil spell and the in In- In Y epidemic made the f first fJ three months the second worst wort on record t in tho the country so o far tar as as deaths were concerned fatalities being exceeded ded only in 1919 when hen a great influenza epidemic raged The death dent rate for the first firt quarter quay quat ter was 21 1 per 1000 of ot population In the same Mme period of 1928 births e exceeded ed deaths b by The figr urea ures also revealed re that fewer te marriages marriage o occurred d in the last fast quart ter of 1928 than in the first quarter ter of 1927 19 |