VITAL STATISTICS OF CHIEF DUTCH TOWNS.
| Taken from Annual Summary of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in England and Wales, etc., for 1912. | ||||
| Amsterdam (Malthusian League started 1881; Dr. Aletta Jacobs gave advice to poor women, 1885). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881–85. | 1906–10. | 1912. | ||
| Birth Rate | 37·1 | 24·7 | 23·3 | per 1,000 of population. |
| Death Rate | 25·1 | 13·1 | 11·2[[1]] | 〃 〃 |
| Infantile Mortality (deaths in first year) | 203 | 90 | 64[[1]] | per 1,000 living births. |
| The Hague (now the headquarters of the Neo-Malthusian League). | ||||
| 1881–85. | 1906–10. | 1912. | ||
| Birth Rate | 38·7 | 27·5 | 23·6 | per 1,000 of population. |
| Death Rate | 23·3 | 13·2 | 10·9[[1]] | 〃 〃 |
| Infantile Mortality (deaths in first year) | 214 | 99 | 66[[1]] | per 1,000 living births. |
| Rotterdam. | ||||
| 1881–85. | 1906–10. | 1912. | ||
| Birth Rate | 37·4 | 32·0 | 29·0 | per 1,000 of population. |
| Death Rate | 24·2 | 13·4 | 11·3 | 〃 〃 |
| Infantile Mortality | 209 | 105 | 79 | per 1,000 living births. |
[1]. These figures are the lowest in the whole list of death rates and infantile mortalities in the summary of births and deaths in cities in this Report.