EXPECTATION OF LIFE
INCREASE MERELY APPARENT INFANT MORTALITY LOWER (Rec. 9 p.m.) ADELAIDE, Aug. 27. It was wrong to suppose that, because there had been a substantial increase in the expectation of life, Australians were living to a much greater age, declared the Victorian Government Statistician, Mr Oswald Gawler, to the economics section of the Science Congress. Between 1881 and 1934 the expectation of life of Australian males at birth had increased from 47 to 63 years. The difference was largely due to the very large drop in mortality among infants and young children. In the past 75 years there were only three periods in which Australia’s population had gained by migration. These were 1875-89, 1910-14, and 1920-29. During other periods the gains had been light, and sometimes there had been losses.
The congress is being attended by 1200 members of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science. The delegates include 15 from New Zealand and 570 from other States.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26242, 28 August 1946, Page 5
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