Piute Chieftain | 1918-09-12 | Page 5 | Drop in Irish Birthrate

drop in irish birthrate the irish registrar generals return for the first quarter of this year shoes a drop in the irish birth rate of 36 below the average for the previous ten years the marriage rate Is practically stationary the death rate is 33 below the average the general yo of ireland Is deflected by tile the fact that the returns on irish pauperism show a decrease of in the average number af pf of workhouse In maieS mAtet