[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • West Sussex (England). County Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Punishing the Fruit We now subsidise people to have children. You could argue that it might be possible to tax people for having children. That is not to say that it will stop them, but it makes it more expensive. There is a certain amount to be said for this, because a couple with eight children, it is estimated, costs society £30,000 in ten years, and this is only for education and family allowances. It does not take into account social security. H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh at Edinburgh University Reported in Pulse: 15th January, 1972