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VIII. The Child ,. 
How is the child treated immediately after birth ? How 
are still-born children resuscitated ? Is there any special 
treatment of the head ? Are there any special customs with 
regard to twins or preternatural births ? Are there any 
customs or ceremonies connected with the naming of the 
child akin to baptism ? 
IX. General . 
What is the average number of a family ? What is the 
relative proportion of the sexes ? What is the greatest 
number in a family ? How many have been produced by one 
mother, and of these how many grew up ? Do twins or 
triplets, &c., occur frequently? Ascertain, if possible, the 
total number of boys and girls respectively born in one 
given area or tribe. (This is of importance in districts where 
polyandry exists.) Are there any restraints on population ? 
Is sterility in women common ? Is want of virile power 
complained of by men ? Are drugs or other means used 
to produce abortion, or stimulate sexual desire and power ? 
If so, what are they ? If possible, obtain samples {see 
Therapeutics). Are births out of wedlock common ? What 
is done with the children ? Whether do the lower or upper 
classes produce the larger families ? Does population seem 
to be increasing, or the reverse, judging by extent of occupied 
land, size of cemeteries, ruins of villages, &c., as well as by 
report ? Can the ratio of births and deaths in a community 
of known population be obtained ? 
E, M. M. 
