Taken from Annual Summary of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in England
and Wales, etc., for 1912.
AMSTERDAM (Malthusian League started 1881; Dr. Aletta Jacobs gave
advice to poor women, 1885).
1881–85. 1906–10. 1912.
Birth Rate 37·1 24·7 23·3 per 1,000 of
population.
Death Rate 25·1 13·1 11·2[1] 〃 〃
Infantile Mortality 203 90 64[1] per 1,000 living
(deaths in first births.
year)
THE HAGUE (now the headquarters of the Neo-Malthusian League).
1881–85. 1906–10. 1912.
Birth Rate 38·7 27·5 23·6 per 1,000 of
population.
Death Rate 23·3 13·2 10·9[1] 〃 〃
Infantile Mortality 214 99 66[1] per 1,000 living
(deaths in first births.
year)