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... cent of that of London because London has an age , sex , and conjugal distribution of its population more favorable to childbearing than have England and Wales at large . It follows that if we multiply the actual recorded London rate by ...
... cent of that of London because London has an age , sex , and conjugal distribution of its population more favorable to childbearing than have England and Wales at large . It follows that if we multiply the actual recorded London rate by ...
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... cent lower , and its total corrected birth rate 24 per cent lower than that of England and Wales . Ireland , on the other hand , has a low crude birth rate , which becomes one of the highest in Europe when correction is made for the ...
... cent lower , and its total corrected birth rate 24 per cent lower than that of England and Wales . Ireland , on the other hand , has a low crude birth rate , which becomes one of the highest in Europe when correction is made for the ...
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... cent in Berlin ; next came Paris with a decline of 28 per cent , followed by Edin- burgh with a decline of 20 per cent , and London with a decline of 17 per cent . The earlier corrected birth rates for Melbourne and Sidney could not be ...
... cent in Berlin ; next came Paris with a decline of 28 per cent , followed by Edin- burgh with a decline of 20 per cent , and London with a decline of 17 per cent . The earlier corrected birth rates for Melbourne and Sidney could not be ...
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... cent as compared with 15 per cent ) . The four last counties in the following table may be taken as further special examples having chiefly rural populations : CORRECTED LEGITIMATE BIRTH RATE PER CENT REDUCTION 1881 1903 England and ...
... cent as compared with 15 per cent ) . The four last counties in the following table may be taken as further special examples having chiefly rural populations : CORRECTED LEGITIMATE BIRTH RATE PER CENT REDUCTION 1881 1903 England and ...
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... cent in the same twenty - two years in which that of England has declined 18 per cent . The exces- sively low birth rates of Huddersfield , Halifax and Bradford do not reasonably lend themselves to the suggestion that employment in the ...
... cent in the same twenty - two years in which that of England has declined 18 per cent . The exces- sively low birth rates of Huddersfield , Halifax and Bradford do not reasonably lend themselves to the suggestion that employment in the ...
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Page 444 - By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law ; that is the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 581 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands ; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives ; while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Page 578 - For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 579 - Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Page 579 - For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Page 762 - A ship lost at sea for many days suddenly sighted a friendly vessel. From the mast of the unfortunate vessel was seen a signal, "Water, water; we die of thirst!" The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back, "Cast down your bucket where you are.
Page 257 - ... any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of another or who is assisted by others to come, unless it is affirmatively and satisfactorily shown on special inquiry that such person does not belong to one of the foregoing excluded classes...
Page 764 - ... that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of these privileges. The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house.
Page 405 - An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States...
Page 374 - States, he shall cause such alien within the period of three years after landing or entry therein to be taken into custody and returned to the country whence he came...