Birth control is gaining ground among the Jewish population in Palestine, figures made public here indicate.
The figures disclose that the Jewish birth rate in Palestine decreased from twenty-five per thousand in 1924 to nineteen in 1932. This drop in the birth rate is causing grave concern among Jewish institutions which are interested in seeing the Jewish population in Palestine grow in the same proportion that the Arab population does.
The birth control movement has shown further increase since 1933 with the arrival of Jews from Germany, it is asserted here. Local Jewish doctors assert that the birth rate is especially low in the kvutzoth where German Jews have been settled.
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