INDIA'S POPULATION
RAPIDITY OF INCREASE GRAVE CONCERN CAUSED. ' CALCUTTA, ‘ September 8. Grave concern has 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, promoted education, and improved hygiene, industry, and agriculture. These factors have added another 100,1)00,000 to the population, and intensified the 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. suffering from venereal diseases, 4,000,000 from night blindness, due to dietetic deficiency, 2,000,000 from rickets, 2,000,000 from tuberculosis, and 1.000. from leprosy. Child-bearing begins in India ‘on.the average at under 16 years. Infant mor-' tality is 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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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22064, 21 September 1933, Page 10
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