The tobacco habit, its history and pathology : a study in birth-rates. Smokers compared with non-smokers / by Herbert H. Tidswell.
- Tidswell, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry)
- Date:
- 1912
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The tobacco habit, its history and pathology : a study in birth-rates. Smokers compared with non-smokers / by Herbert H. Tidswell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![men ; it should be compared with the Tables I. and III., Chapter XX. These three Tables speak for themselves; they need no comment; they all show declining masculinity with falling birth-rates. The following Tables show that masculinity has de- creased in legitimate and illegitimate births. Table II. Taken from Lewis’ “ Natality and Fecundity.” FRANCE. BELGIUM. 1 Period. Legitimate Births. Illegitimate Births. Legitimate Births. Illegitimate Births. 1811-1820 1821-1830 1831-1840 1841-1850 1851-1860 1861-1870 1871-1880 1881-1890 1891-1900 1,068 1,064 1,064 1.058 1.059 1,050 1,049 1,047 1,043 1,044 1,041 1,039 1,032 ] ,036 1,034 1,028 1,034 1,031 1,055 1,054 1,054 1,049 1,025 1,025 1,030 1,024 Average 1,055 1,035 ! — ENGLAND & WALES. SCOTLAND. 1852-1861 1,046 1,048 1,052 1,073 1862-1871 1,041 1,046 1,056 1,062 1872-1881 1,038 1,040 1,054 1,058 1882-1891 1,037 1,043 1,054 1,059 1892-1901 1,036 1,044 1,049 1,055 Average 1,039 1,044 1,053 1,061 1 In France and Belgium masculinity is lower among the illegitimate, but in England and Scotland it is higher. I attribute this difference to a difference in age of the fathers and to the extent to which they used tobacco. The fathers of illegitimate children in England and Scotland are](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28062164_0250.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
