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Show oo DEATHS EXCEED BIRTHS LONDON, March 20 Coincident 'with publication of the report show-lng show-lng that durinc, the last quarter of 1918 the number of deaths exceeded the birthrate for the first time in th-history th-history of civil registration In this count ry. the war office ha announced the release in one week of Ton physicians phy-sicians from the army. Influenza caused the great increase In the death rate, the number of victims from that disease beiner 98.998, or 41 per cent of the tot.nl deaths for the period. Lack of physicians is held responsible for the failure to curb the epidemic At tin beginning of this month. 1.750,000 men of the army had been demobilized, only 1500 out of 11,000 physicians had been released. oo |