Statistics Given for Past Three Summer Months Tokyo, Dec. 6.
The. birth rate in Japan Proper for the three months of April, May and June of this year, was lower than that for the same period in 1937, according to figures released today by the Cabinet Statistics Bureau.
According to the statistics, there were 401,605 births during that period this year, which were fewer by 43,105 than last year while deaths, which Perse to 279293, fell only by period of 1937. para z clow that of the correspon
The increase in the birth rate over the death rate for the three-month period was 122,312, which was less by 20,643 than last year.
The total number of births for the first half of this year was 1,082,756 and the number of deaths 643,612.
This results in a natural increase in Japan's population of 448,144, the announcement said.—Reuter.
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