BIRTH CONTROL IN OTHER COUNTRIES 91 



From the report of the recent Eugenic 

 Congress, it would appear that methods of 

 birth control, other than those I advocate, 

 are practiced in Australia and certain coun- 

 tries of Europe, with the sanction of these 

 Grovernments. 



Let us take Holland, for instance. Here, 

 since 1895, Government officials have direct- 

 ed physicians and midwives to instruct the 

 common people how to practice birth con- 

 trol, with the result that the recent death 

 rate and infantile mortality has decreased 

 while the population has increased. Fewer 

 children are born, but more live, and these 

 are better physically and mentally ; and the 

 indications are that the population is now 

 increasing instead of steadily diminishing, 

 as it had been. 



Much of the vast sums distributed as 

 charity serves to house, clothe and feed 

 families made indigent by a self-indulgence 

 which gives to the family more children 

 than their income can support. Organized 

 society must protect itself in some way 

 from this class. These people are a menace 

 to society because of their rapid increase 



