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THE JAINA GAZETTE
Countries.
Average length of
life.
1. England and Wales
51:5 2. United States
500 3. France
48.5 4. Germany
4704 5. Italy
470 6. Japan
44:3 7. India
247 That means premature deaths in the country. The infant dies. The mother and her family suffers.
The “ vital statistics " column of the "Statistical Abstracts of British India " is a grod mirror. That shows us everything at a glance provided we open our eyes and carefully study the figures given therein.
During the period of 50 years—from 1875 to 1925_India has lost more than 25 crores (250 millions) of human beings from all causes.
The mortality rate is very high. It is 30 per thousand. As compared to other countries it is :
Countries.
Population. Rate. 1. New Zealand
12,00,000 95 2. Austria
55,00,000
105 3. New Foundland
2,50,000 10 6 4. U. S. America
... 10,00.00.000 12.9 5. Norway
26,00,000 13:2 6. Sweden
... 60,00,000 138 7. United Kingdom
... 454,00,000 14:6 8. Belgium
75,00,000 15:2 9. Germany
... 6,00,00,000 16:2 10. India
... 31,90,00,000 30°0 If we take deadly diseases like plague and cholera we will find that each of these has taken a toll of more than one crore of
people within thirty years beginning from 1896. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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