FAMINE IN INDIA
MANY DEATHS REPORTED (Received Sept. 25, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 24 The Calcutta Corporation is discussing the quicker disposal of the corpses of persons dying of starvation, says Reuters Calcutta correspondent. Of 244 admitted to Calcutta hospitals yesterday 50 died. Seventy-five also died in the town of Dacca last week and over 100 died in ffie town of Chandpur between September 1 and September 20. Tt is officially announced that 2442 relief kitenens are feeding 82,000 throughout Bengal. Over 90,000 received free food in Calcutta in the week ended on September 11.
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Waikato Times, Volume 132, Issue 22152, 25 September 1943, Page 5
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