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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1932.

PEOPLE LIVING

LONGER

POPULATION NEAR ITS MAXIMUM

Never before have the English people enjoyed the measure o national health which is their to-day.

The fact is emphasised by Sli George Newman, Chief Medical/ Oleor of the Ministry of Health, in his annual report for 1931.

NEW SPIRIT OF THE TALE OF THE

CONFIDENCE

SIR ROBERT HORNE LOOKS AHEAD

REMINDER TO THE GOVERNMENT

TWINS

WHICH WAS WHICH?

Constantinople, Sept. 6.

All and Halll, Twin brothers, have recently been going through A series of amusing adventures.

They were no much alike that it was quito impossible to distinguish one from the other. Both were en- a gaged in running motor-boat'a be- tween Mersing and Syria: but when aAll smuggled some goods, it was

Sir Robert Horne, M. P., in "In 1349," Sir George states. speech at Dunblane, Perthshire, ex- "England was swept by the plague pressed himself in favour of and lost about half its population.standard of exchange embracing Halil who was put into prison.

To save his brother, All went to four millions being reduced to both gold and silver.

He also expressed his belief "ance Hall and then substituted him- two millions. During the succeed. ing 300 years we continued thusa homely phrase," that "our noses self in his place. Thus Hall, to lose some millions of lives from are round the corner," and that we while supposed to be in prison, was

AB the

had broken away from the worst at liberty.

He wont to Istanbul, where he did pestilence; as recently nineteenth century we lost a quar-stages of the world depression. ter of a million from cholern.

Sir ilobert pointed out that his military service. He was fol- "But to-day if an Englishman desires to contract leprosy, plague are than half the world's trade lowing the course at the military of value, timo had been released from pri- at Smyrna as or cholera he must leave these was being conducted on British college when All, who in the mean- islands and go elsewhere, to Innds sterling as a measure

silver. It would be of great ad- being lulil. lis papers, however, in the possession of his where such maladies still prevall." but in China the standard was son, was enlisted

of vantage if all the great trading were

of his real In 1871-80 the expectation

identity. The case, at last, camo life at birth was 41 years for nations of the world had a man-brother, and he had no means of the Court-Martial, which before bay and 44 years for a girl; to-day sure of value which applied overy-furnishing_proof

"Personally," he said, "I favour it ia 56 for the boy and 60 for whero.

Ideclaration of identity. the girl-in two generations the

A general amnesty restored tim expectation of life at birth has in-a standard which would embrace sentenced Halil to prison for a falso both gold and silver-a standard creased by 15 years.

which existed for a very long time

rejoined his brother at Mersina: before, and upon which much of soon afterwards to liberty, and he the world's prosperity grew up but here again there was the usual in such a system you would have in 1931.

to the same woman, who, unaware of silver and the The infant mortality in 1871-80a definite ratio between the value muddle. Both of them made love was 149 per 1,000 births, compared of an ounce

love with both (thinking they were with 66 per 1.000 births last year. value of an ounce of gold, so that, of the fact, grew passionately in a country used silver the same persons), and only found From consumption 2,231 lives whether

gold money, prices per million of the population were money or

une day together in the street. lost in 1871-80, compared with 685 everywhere would be easily ascerut her mistake when she met them per million last year-a reduction tainable. of nearly 75 per cent,

The death-rate in England and Wales has been reduced frm 21 per 1,000 in 1871-80 to 12 per 1,000

By the middle of the century Sir George considers that our popula- tion will have attained or passed its maximum.

This is the result of the decline ing birth rate. Since 1921 a lower mortality rate has just enabled us to maintain the position.

.

LOTTERIES

MEMBERS WHO SAY "NO"

"America has placed the silver problem upon the agenda of the prospective Monetary Conference, so that it will have due consideru tion. Whatever be the results of these discussions, it is to be hoped that the nations will come to clear and definite conclusions. Nothing could give a greater stimulus to world trade than decisions by "Had the decline of births not which the complicated restrictions BUT WOULD PERMIT STREET

"rather upon exchange which have recent. accelerated," he states, more than an extra million persons ly multiplied in the world might

be removed." would have been enumerated. course, this compensation cunnot continue."

.

Of

BETTING

under

of

The News-Chronicle Nation's Sacrifices

stands that certain members the work of the the Royal Commission on Lotterles Turning to fact thall Commenting on the

(1) Street betting with licensed made. Sir maternal mortality has remained National Government, and sacri-favour the following suggestions: bookmakers should be permitted. stationary since the beginning offices that had been

Robert said:-

(2) No action should be taken the century, Sir George says:

shared "Do not let anyone suppose that "The mother has not equally with her child in the bene-our position has been achieved rewarding the reinstating of State (3) Hospital lotteries should be fits arising from the Improvement without immense sacrifice, and, if lotteries in England.

are our rulers

wise, they will of the public health.

Many witnesses called before "In their final report the Depart clearly recognise that such sacri. prohibited.

Maternal fices cannot long continue. Relief mental Committee on Mortality came to the conclusion must be given to the hard-pressed the Commission, police witnesses that in 5,805 cases investigated, taxpayer; and the country looksin particular, spoke in favour of Members of the commission feel at least half could have been pre-to the Government for a faithful the licensing of street bookmakers, vented, and estimated that 33 per performance of their promises to

requires sweepstakes cant. of the proventiblo cases were economise in the cost of the coun-that the whole state of the law re-

try's administration so that taxes garding due to lack of antenatal care.

no time Sir George declares that the may be lightened and opportuni-larifying and that the Govern- large expenditure on public health ties for saving and new enterprisement should lose

Abolishing anomalies, and declar- brings in "a justifying dividend be once more available."

Sir Robert advocated the use of ing a decided course. of life, health and capacity."

Government credit in building the Other facts brought out in the new Cunard liner. Our reputa

he said, had εca, report are:

ut tion

the

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The maximum frequency of deteriorated since we lost the blue new hope and a new prospect suicide is not in the depressing riband of the Atlantic, and that to all the countries of the British months of November and Decem- was bad, for business. He be-Commonwealth.

"Hitherto," he said, "the Do- Pro- ber. For men the worst months in lived the net cost to the nation in

have been strict

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ap-

Referring to organised industry, but parent rise in the last few years indicates an increase of claim for achievement, Sir Robert said that good a place in their markets as benefit rather than an actual In- the anticipation of a period of their own people, so long as the cheap money had already brought conditions of competition are fair. "Herein in the seed from which crease in disease.

Principal cause of death last a new spirit of confidence into the year were: Dincases of the heart reaim of commerce and industry; [may come a great advance. and circulatory system, 194 per and It only required the clearing foundation has been laid for a real Common- 1,000; all forms of tuberculosis; up of certain political problems community of interest. Seen now

new movements, the 155 per 1,000; cancer, 155 per 1,to set the world going again upon in all the implications of these 000 and bronchitis, pneumonia, a new course of prosperity.

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conference at Ottawa has brought really enc." 101 per 1,000.

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