The problem of population / by Harold Cox.

  • Cox, Harold, 1859-1936.
Date:
[1922]
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Credit: The problem of population / by Harold Cox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    0 HE purpose of this book is to J[ consider the problem of popula- tion from the point of view of its influence on the well-being of man- kind. It is a problem from which man cannot escape. It aflPects the health and happiness of individual families; it affects the prosperity of social progress of nations; it affects the peace of the whole world. If births succeed one another too rapidly, the health of the mother suffers, the children cannot be sufficiently well cared for, and the father’s income will not suffice for the proper upbringing seeds are sown too thickly, the result- ing plants will be poor in quality. So with the production of human beings, unless successive births are adequately spaced, and the total number in each family restricted to the available means of maintenance, there will necessarily be a low standard of health and happiness, both for parents and for offspring.”—From the Authors Intro- duction, omnia ex uno omnia in uno omnia ad unum omnia per medium et omnia in omnibus T^he ^Problem of T^opulation :: 6s, net