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births in Ireland in 1904 was 103,811, and in 1914 98,806. In 191 5 the number of 

 births was over 3,000 less than in 1914. In 191 5 6 , 8i per cent, of the women 

 married were not of full age, and 1*95 per cent, of the men were also under age. 

 The Report provides much valuable information regarding legislative measures 

 and numerous voluntary enterprises which have tended directly or indirectly to 

 maternal and child welfare. Particulars are provided of existing maternal and 

 child-welfare schemes, and numerous recommendations are made which all true 

 friends of Ireland would wish to see carried out. 



We hope the volume relating to Scotland will be issued at an early date, and 

 that we may have the opportunity of reviewing it in this journal. 



The Carnegie Trust have taken the first step in the establishment of a truly 

 national effort to provide scientific data, which should form a sure foundation on 

 which future maternity and child-welfare work may be surely based. We trust it 

 may be found possible for the Trust to establish one or more central Bureaux, 

 which will serve as centres for all parts of the United Kingdom from whence 

 information and guidance may flow. We should like to see a representative 

 Consultative and Advisory Committee established in connection with each centre, 

 and if efficiently directed these "brain centres" should render invaluable service 

 in securing co-ordination of work and co-operation of workers for the welfare 

 of mothers and the well-being of children of all ages and all ranks of the 

 British Commonwealth. 



