Show THE SLUMP IN BIRTHS IN Doctor Suggests that Celibacy Should Be The endowment of motherhood was discussed at the sitting of the Imperial Health Congress at Caxton when Murray Leslie dealt with the subject in its relations to said was the dwindling birth-rate more marked than among those classes of the community that were most prudent and well The solution of the question was probably to be sought in the undeniable fact that under present social conditions the presence of children was almost universally regarded as a distinct handicap in the struggle for existence and social and commercial Reward for How far would the endowment of motherhood solve these and at the same time exert a eugenic influence in promoting the well being of the future He submitted that indirect endowment was the most Many of the most prominent social evils of today would be greatly diminished if legislative and other methods were established to make early marriages possible and family life economically The present restrictions upon the marriages of fit persons must be and all conditions which necessitate enforced celibacy must be made Dismissal because of marriage should be made a penal Other important indirect maternity benefits were the instruction of girls in the duties of married the provision of maternity schools for municipal milk provision of lying-in and free medi- cal and nursing London I f |