Show british llyl list atles the british medical journal which shot ild be an excellent authority reports por t 9 that be between t seen 1873 and 1880 1886 the annual rate in rest britain fell it biorn orn 17 6 to 24 2 per 1000 of the population last lait 3 car it rose roae to 16 2 the birth rate bus ho been less fortunate it reached its maximum in but since that year there has been a steady decline last ear the births being 19 29 per cent below the number iu in the marriage mar ringo ringe rate in the agricultural districts Is lo 10 loner er than in the manufacturing districts and the decline in the rural population is still further in creased hj b the enlarged number of or removals into the towns town Is the mother country going the way of trance |