Thirty-fourth annual report of the Malthusian League (founded 1877) : presented to the Members and Friends at the Annual Meeting on May 22nd, 1912 / by Alice Drysdale Vickery.

  • Vickery, Alice Drysdale.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Thirty-fourth annual report of the Malthusian League (founded 1877) : presented to the Members and Friends at the Annual Meeting on May 22nd, 1912 / by Alice Drysdale Vickery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    legal expenses. It is a matter for congratulation that in France, where prosecutions have been so frequent for many years past, they are now beginning to fail, and in several instances judgment has been in favour of the propagandists. The In- ternational Bureau has also commenced its international pro- paganda work by issuing lists of addresses of those willing to be written to on the subject, and it has also issued the dia- grams of vital statistics made by Dr. Drysdale, with brief explanations in English, Dutch and Esperanto. The Officers of the International Bureau are at present:— President: Dr. C. V. Drysdale, 49, Rotherwick Road, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, N.W. Hon. Treasurer: M. G. Hardy, 29, Rue Pixerecourt, Paris, XX. Hon. Sec.: Dr. J. Rutgers, 9, Yerhulststraat Den Haag, Holland ; who will be glad to receive subscriptions for carrying on the work. Russia. Before leaving the International question reference should be made to Russia, in which as yet no organised neo-Malthusian movement exists. This country has for years past had a birth- rate approximating to 50 per 1,000, and a death-rate of 32 to 35 per 1,000, while its infantile mortality is no less than 260 or 270 ])er 1,000. For a few years past its death-rate has shown signs of diminishing without a fall in the birth-rate, but this could not continue, and Russia is now in the grips of a widespread famine. India. A most encouraging feature of the year has been the signs of interest in our question in India. The first manifestation of it was given in the Indian paper “Capital” in August last, reporting the remarks of Babu Nilambara Mukerji, M.A., Chairman of the Calcutta Municipality, who at a meeting of the Hindu Marriage Reform League, earnestly advised every young