The declining birth-rate : its causes and effects
1916, First Edition. London : Chapman and Hall. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt titles faded on spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Previous owner's signature to ffep. Staining to margins of boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 450 pages; Physical description: xiv, 450 p. : diagrs. ; 23 cm. "Being the report of and the chief evidence taken by the National Birth-Rate Commission, instituted, with official recognition, by the National Council of Public Morals - for the promotion of race regeneration - spiritual, moral and physical." --title page. Subjects: Infants -- Mortality -- Malthusianism -- Infant Mortality -- Population -- Great Britain. Notes: Preface signed: James Marchant, secretary to the commission and the council. Bibliography: p. [82]-85. Item #201600
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