INDIA’S POPULATION.
RAPIDITY OF INCREASE. Grave concern lias been caused by the continued rapid increase, of India’s population under the more favourable conditions of British rule. Canals, railways and roads thus made practicable have secured life and property, prompted education, and improved hygiene, industry, and agriculture. These factors have added another 100,000,000 to the population, and intensified tlie struggle for existence. General Megaw, head of the Indian Medical Service, has just published some startling figures. Among India’s 353,000,000 people are 13,000,000 suffering from certain diseases, 4,000,000 from night blindness, due to dietetic deficiency, 2,000,000 from rickets, 2,000,000 from tuberculosis and 1,000,000 from leprosy. Child-bearing begins in India on the average at under 16 years. Infant mortality 280 per 1000, and maternal mortality 40 per 1000. Malaria mortality runs into millions. It is pointed out that if one-tenth of the energy and passion expended on political change were devoted to constructive proposals that would meet the peril to the poorly-nourished populace, untold suffering would be prevented.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 257, 27 September 1933, Page 9
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165INDIA’S POPULATION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 257, 27 September 1933, Page 9
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