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THE TREND OF THE RACE 



and 10,000 inhabitants. The conditions just before the war 

 (1913) are shown in the following table: 



Births, Deaths and Marriages in France for iqij 



It will be observed that Paris has a crude birth rate lower than 

 any other class of cities, and that in general (the cities of 100,000 - 

 500,000 proving an exception) the birth rate increases as the size 

 of the city diminishes. 



It is in Germany, which furnishes a greater wealth of data on 

 the subject than any other country, that we find the clearest 

 evidence of the relative unfertility of city stocks. The subject 

 has been treated by a considerable number of writers (Mombert, 

 Borntrager, Kriege, Roesle, Kaup, Stenger, Ballod) whose ver- 

 dicts are in general agreement. The following table gives a very 

 general survey of the relations : 



Births Per 1,000 Married Women of Child-Bearing Age in Germany 



Years 



1880-81. 

 1885-86, 

 1890-91 , 

 1895-96, 

 1900-01. 



