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The Registrar-General of England.
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L.A. Rebello da Silva (minister of marine), Economia. Rural, Lisbon, 1868.
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It is understood, of course, that the census figures of births are admittedly and grossly inaccurate.
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Porter's Progress, p. 21.
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During the thirteen years from 1840-52 the number of children deposited in the Oporto foundling was 15,608, of whom no less than 11,310, or 72.4 per cent.—nearly three-fourths—died while in the hospital. Most of the remainder died during infancy after leaving the hospital.
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In some districts of Portugal the proportion of married to single persons is as 1 to 173!