Depopulation of the Suau District

Depopulation of the Suau District / by F.E. Williams

Creator: Williams, Francis Edgar, 1893-1943

Call Number: N 572.9952 PAP

Created/Published: Port Moresby : Walter Alfred Bock, Acting Government Printer, 1933

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Depopulation of the Suau District	1
Depopulation of the Suau District	5
PREFACE.	7
CONTENTS.	9
Depopulation of the Suau District. I—Introductory.	11
II—The Native Attitude.	14
III—Disease and Death.	17
Epidemics.	18
Endemic Disease and Sanitation,	19
Medical Survey.	21
IV—The Birth-Rate,	22
Purposive Restriction.	22
Motives for Birth-Restriction.	26
Sterility,	30
Pre-Natal Mortality,	37
V—Infant Mortality.	37
Death at Childbirth	38
Death during Babyhood.	39
Training in Midwifery and Mothercraft.	40
Surveillance.	42
VI.—Recruiting and Depopulation.	43
VII—The Means of Subsistence.	45
VIII—Inbreeding and Cross-Breeding.	49
IX—The Psychological Factor.	52
Effects of European Influence.	54
Substitutes for Lost Interests.	55
Case of the “Soi"	61
X—Conclusion: The Reform of Native Horticulture.	68
Summary of Factors Discussed.	70
Food Supply.	74
Qualitative Limitation of the Food Supply.	74
Introduction of Pulses and Cereals.	75
Quantitative Limitation of the Food Supply.	76
Reform of Native Horticulture.	79
Appendix. Cruelty to Pigs.	81
INDEX.	85

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