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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY 4
Introductions to Birth Control by Margaret H. Sanger,
Havelock Ellis, August Forel and G. F. Lydston.
CHAPTER II. THE ORIGIN AND PRACTICE OF BIRTH CONTROL IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES 23
Genesis of Movement,
England,
Holland,
France,
United States,
Other Countries.
CHAPTER III. POPULATION AND BIRTH RATE 43
Birth Control, by Havelock Ellis,
Population Facts in United States,
Birth Rate of British Empire,
Birth Rate of Other Countries (With Tables).
CHAPTER IV. INFANT MORTALITY 93
General Statistics,
Results of Children’s Bureau Survey at Johnstown, Pa., by Emma Duke,
Manchester Report.
CHAPTER V. MATERNAL MORTALITY AND DISEASES AFFECTED BY PREGNANCY 155
Children’s Bureau Report, by Grace L. Meigs,
Death Rates from Child Birth in Foreign Countries,
A Municipal Birth Control Clinic,
Tuberculosis,
Kidney Diseases,
Eclampsia,
Diabetes,
Pelvic Deformities,
Heart Disease,
Too Frequent Pregnancies,
Pernicious Vomiting.
CHAPTER VI. HARMFUL METHODS PRACTICED TO AVOID LARGE FAMILIES 185
Coitus Interruptus,
Continence,
The Objects of Marriage, by Havelock Ellis,
Abortion.
CHAPTER VII. PROSTITUTION, FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS AND VENEREAL DISEASES 197
The Social Evil,
Feeble-mindedness,
Syphilis,
Gonorrhea.
CHAPTER VIII. OTHER TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES AND PAUPERISM 223
Insanity,
Epilepsy,
Alcoholism,
Pauperism,
Child Labor.
CHAPTER IX. CONCLUSION: EMINENT OPINIONS 245
The Progress of Holland,
Eminent Opinions
GLOSSARY 250
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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