The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 2/Loss of population in Prague
LOSS OF POPULATION IN PRAGUE
At the meeting of the Prague City Council, held on June 3d, the city physician made a report on vital statistics which revealed a startling condition of affairs.
In 1913 the number of births was 3,274, but in 1917 it was only 1,716, that is a loss of 48%. As against that the number of deaths increased from 3,000 to 3,828. In 1913 the number of births was equal to the number of deaths; in 1914 there was an excess of deaths amounting to 250, in 1915 the excess was 1,046, in 1916 it was 1,397, and in 1917 it amounted to 2,115. The total population of Prague and suburbs has decreased during the war by 32,237, that is 15%. The city physician emphasized the fact that the great increase of deaths was due principally to tuberculosis, and that in the districts inhabited by workingmen consumption was particularly serious.
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