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ANALES DE LA SOCIEDAD CIENTÍFICA ARGENTINA 



TABLE 28. — Birtli and marriage rates of Scotland 



Birtli rate 



O 'jserved 



1914 



August . . . 

 September 

 October . . , 

 November 

 December 



Year . . 



January . . 

 February . 

 March . . . 

 April .... 



May 



Juue .... 



July 



August . . 

 September 

 Octobei" . . 

 November 

 December 



Year. . 



24.6 

 24.8 

 25.9 

 24.4 

 24.8 



26.1 



24.5 

 24.4 

 25.1 

 23.7 

 24.9 



1915 



25.2 

 26.0 

 27.5 

 27.2 

 25.5 

 24.8 

 23.2 

 21.7 

 21.7 

 21.4 

 20.7 

 21.5 



23.8 



25.8 

 25.6 

 26.4 

 27.8 

 27.7 

 27.2 

 26.3 

 24.5 

 24.4 

 25.1 

 23.7 

 24.9 



Marriage rate 



9.5 

 5.1 



5.5 

 7.2 

 4.6 

 11.5 

 10.1 

 6.8 

 7.0 

 6.0 

 8.1 

 9.2 



5.1 



6.4 

 5.4 

 5.2 

 9.8 



9.3 

 4.9 

 5.0 

 7.4 

 2.7 

 11.8 

 10.2 

 5.1 

 6.4 

 5.4 

 5.2 

 9.8 



In this table tlie marriage rates of each month can be compared 

 with the pre-war average rate. The table includes seventeen montbs, 

 in eleven of wbich the marriage rate is more than the average, in one 

 equal to the average and in five less than the average. 



