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Show Birth Rate of France Increases. Vital statistics show that the birth rate increased In Frnnce in 1920. At Marseilles, for the first time in years, the number of births greatly exceeded exceed-ed the number of dentils. At Chalon-sur-Soane total of births for the year was 080 and that of deaths 520 only, whereas the figures for 1919 had been : Births, 420, nnd deaths, 571. In Toulon Tou-lon the number of births exceeded by IIS that of deaths, something that hns not happened in 30 years. From Orleans Or-leans satisfactory figures have also been communicated, and at Dieppe the number of births exceeded by 30 per cent the number of deaths. |