CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY[4]
Introductions to Birth Control by Margaret H. Sanger,
Havelock Ellis, August Forel and G. F. Lydston.
CHAPTER II. THE ORIGIN AND PRACTICE OF BIRTH CONTROL IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES[23]
Genesis of Movement,
England,
Holland,
France,
United States,
Other Countries.
CHAPTER III. POPULATION AND BIRTH RATE[43]
Birth Control, by Havelock Ellis,
Population Facts in United States,
Birth Rate of British Empire,
Birth Rate of Other Countries (With Tables).
CHAPTER IV. INFANT MORTALITY[93]
General Statistics,
Results of Children’s Bureau Survey at Johnstown, Pa., by Emma Duke,
Manchester Report.
CHAPTER V. MATERNAL MORTALITY AND DISEASES AFFECTED BY PREGNANCY[155]
Children’s Bureau Report, by Grace L. Meigs,
Death Rates from Child Birth in Foreign Countries,
A Municipal Birth Control Clinic,
Tuberculosis,
Kidney Diseases,
Eclampsia,
Diabetes,
Pelvic Deformities,
Heart Disease,
Too Frequent Pregnancies,
Pernicious Vomiting.
CHAPTER VI. HARMFUL METHODS PRACTICED TO AVOID LARGE FAMILIES[185]
Coitus Interruptus,
Continence,
The Objects of Marriage, by Havelock Ellis,
Abortion.
CHAPTER VII. PROSTITUTION, FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS AND VENEREAL DISEASES[197]
The Social Evil,
Feeble-mindedness,
Syphilis,
Gonorrhea.
CHAPTER VIII. OTHER TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES AND PAUPERISM[223]
Insanity,
Epilepsy,
Alcoholism,
Pauperism,
Child Labor.
CHAPTER IX. CONCLUSION: EMINENT OPINIONS[245]
The Progress of Holland,
Eminent Opinions
GLOSSARY[250]