Fertility, mortality and maternal anaemic status in a village population of West Bengal, India

The present study was conducted on a Mahishya agricultural caste population of Chakpota village, Howrah district, West Bengal, India to enquire into the possible relations of anaemia, and fertility and mortality. The results confirm that negative relations exist between heamoglobin level of the mother, on the one hand, and fertility and offspring mortality, on the other.