LEAGUE OF NATIONS
HEALTH ORGANISATION.

C. H. 159.

STATISTICAL HANDBOOKS SERIES: No. 1

THE OFFICIAL VITAL STATISTICS

OF THE

KINGDOM

OF THE NETHERLANDS

GENEVA 1924

PREFATORY NOTE.

The Health Section of the Secretariat of the League of Nations presents herewith the first volume of a proposed series of handbooks on the vital statistics of various countries, which deals with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In so doing it wishes to express its gratitude and thanks for the generous help given by the Dutch officials and others with whom much consultation and correspondence was necessary by the authors of the text.

This handbook was prepared on the invitation of the Health Section by Dr. Major Greenwood and Major P. Granville Edge, of London, England, who are at present preparing also similar texts on several other countries. The Section appreciates the interest and care with which the authors performed their work and wishes to thank them most cordially.

Geneva, January 1925.

HEALTH SECTION OF THE SECRETARIAT

OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

S. d. N. 1.700 (F). + 1.750 (A). 12/24. - Imp. Réunies de Chambéry.