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The lack of labor in the colony is somewhat unexpected by Franz.

Originally, he thought that after so many immigrants, the labor force would be enough, but the reality is very face-breaking. Most of these immigrants are gold diggers. It is too embarrassing for them to work in peace.

Everyone is thinking of getting rich once, unless the dream is broken, otherwise it is difficult to settle down.Even if it is settled, few people are willing to mine.

Franz does n’t worry about the shortage of gold workers. That ’s the business of the mine bosses. I believe these people can use their initiative to solve this problem.If it really doesn't work, it will be dug slowly, and there is no hurry.

The main purpose of the immigrants is to open up plantations, establish an agricultural economy locally, and provide raw materials and markets for domestic industrial and commercial production.

Prime Minister Felix said: "Your Majesty, our immigration rate has been very fast, and the lack of labor in the colony has affected our plans to develop the African continent.

There is an overpopulation in the German region, and a large number of bankrupt people choose to emigrate overseas each year, and a large number of them have to worry about the immigration expenses.

Many immigrants to the United States have to sign a labor contract in advance, and the employer pays the road expenses. This contract is usually unequal, and everyone signs it because they are forced to make a living.

If we promise to reimburse a round trip ticket, I believe many people are willing to try their luck in Africa, and it should be able to leave a lot of people."

Franz thought about it and said, "It's easy to increase immigration, but how can we control the mortality rate? Although we have strict health regulations, we haven't done well in implementation.

Immigrants to Africa now have a mortality rate of 3% due to disease within a year. This number is too high and must be lowered.

We used to attract immigrants in the past to develop the African continent. Such a high mortality rate will definitely reduce everyone's enthusiasm for immigration."

The high mortality rate of immigrants in the colonies is largely due to accidents. Disease is one of the killers.

Among them are high incidence of infectious diseases, respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, and malaria, so Franz summoned hospital experts from the beginning to develop anti-epidemic measures.

Respiratory tract infections can be skipped. This disease is mainly aimed at middle-aged and elderly people. The early immigrants are young and strong. This problem can be ignored. Anyway, the average life expectancy of most countries is less than 40 years old.

Diarrhea is mainly caused by poor diet. For this reason, nutrition packages are specially formulated. Of course, only military and colonial government officials can enjoy it at present. The food and drink of ordinary immigrants cannot be monitored by the Lasa government.

The virus carriers of Gundam's infectious diseases are local indigenous people. In theory, as long as immigrant and local people are prohibited from intimate contact, there will be no problem.

With the advent of the industrial age, quinine can be mass-produced after 1850, and the mortality rate of malaria has fallen.

In order to reduce the spread of diseases, for example, mosquito nets, mosquito coils, insect repellent grass ... All have been included in the logistics equipment, and they were distributed to immigrants free of charge in the early stage.

In theory, if immigrants strictly enforce safety and health regulations, the mortality rate due to disease cannot be so high.Most immigrants today are young and strong, and their resistance is much stronger. Under normal circumstances, the mortality rate will not exceed 1%.

Don't look at the difference of only two percentage points. The gap in the population base will increase. If the immigrants are old and weak, the mortality rate will double.

The death caused by the disease is only a part, and the immigration death completed by other factors must also be considered.For example, now, in addition to illness, the gold diggers are fighting with people outside, which is the second leading cause of death.

According to preliminary statistics from the colonial government, the death rate of immigrants in the first year was as high as 5.8%.Such a high mortality rate directly makes the natural growth rate of the local immigrant population negative.

Other accidents can naturally come down when the local situation stabilizes.

The high mortality rate of diseases has become a top priority.If it is not controlled, the population of the colony will grow negatively for a long time in the future, all supported by immigrants.

Can disease mortality be effectively controlled?The answer is: yes.

It can be seen from the fact that the death rates of different immigration bases are different.

The earliest development of the new Brook, the disease mortality rate was controlled at 1.4%; while the colonial stronghold opened in Ghana later, the disease mortality rate was as high as 3.9%.

The main reason for this situation is that all the early immigrants were led by the government, and everyone enforced the safety and health regulations; later immigrants entered spontaneously, and government supervision was not in place.

If this situation does not change, the high mortality rate will definitely cause panic, and it will be difficult to attract immigrants at that time.

Colonial Minister Josip Yelacic explained: "Your Majesty, the current immigrants come from all over the world and often haunt the jungle. It is difficult for the colonial government to effectively supervise them.

If our supervision is too strict, some civil colonial teams may choose to leave and go to other countries to settle down."

Franz said seriously: "If they want to leave, let them leave. On our site, we must obey our rules.

Popularize security regulations and enforce them in all colonial strongholds.Violators will give me a fine, and those who have failed to teach me will be fined for bankruptcy.

In short, no matter what means the colonial government takes, I must keep the disease within a certain range.

Starting next year, the disease mortality rate of immigrants must be limited to 2%.

If the seven countries negotiate and reach agreement, the annual mortality rate of immigrants next year must also be limited to less than 4%.

Within three years, the annual death rate of immigrants should be suppressed within 3.5%. If you fail to do so, you can leave me in advance.

According to the completion of various regions, the cabinet should pay close attention to the promotion of the promotion and the removal of the removal.If they can't do it, they will be replaced by a group of people. If we are short of anyone, we will be short of people who can be officials!"

If the bureaucracy does not put pressure on them, don't expect them to be able to produce results.Franz did not put it in place at once, but in time.

The mortality rate of colonial immigrants in Britain and France is basically limited to less than 3%, of course, except for the Gulf of Guinea region. The death rate from going out to find gold mines is too high.

If you are only operating in coastal areas, the target set by Franz may be 3%.

As for the lower, Franz is not extravagant.Let's wait for the medical staff to increase and the medical technology level to improve.

In the era of lack of medical equipment, doctors mainly rely on experience and personal knowledge accumulation. The training period of doctors is inevitably long.

Since Franz's succession, the Vienna government has stepped up the cultivation of medical personnel, and the earliest students still have a year to graduate.

In order to improve the medical conditions in the country, the local doctors were trained for a short period of time, and the traditional bloodletting therapy was eliminated, so that they received new medical knowledge.

The overseas colonies were really not taken care of. The doctors in this era were all middle class. People were reluctant to go, and the government could not force them.

Now we can only guarantee that there is one hospital in a colonial stronghold, and the number of doctors in it is often two or three, plus a few apprentices to open the business.

The problem of insufficient medical resources will not be solved until a few years later.Starting next year, Austria will have 12,000 rookie doctors every year, going out of campus to enter the medical system.

Coupled with the apprentice doctors trained in the traditional way, Austria will increase 20,000 doctors every year, which can greatly alleviate the problem of insufficient medical resources.

In contrast, the training of nursing staff is much faster, and a batch of two or three years is trained, each time 20,000 or 30,000 people are trained.

These people are mainly nursing. In an era when there is a serious shortage of doctors, although they cannot see a doctor, they can still sell drugs according to the patient's symptoms.

If the misjudgment has caused undesirable consequences, then unfortunately, it can only be considered bad luck.This era is so cruel, medical conditions are at this level.

Prime Minister Felix replied bitterly, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

After hesitating, he added: "Your Majesty, since we want to cultivate the safety and health awareness of immigrants, then it is better to start from the country!

Before, we were only advocating everyone to abide by the safety and health code, but we did not enforce it. It is better to enact a law to force it to be promoted in the private sector.

As long as everyone develops good habits, they will consciously abide by the rules when they arrive in the colony."

Compared to being highly mobile in colonies and difficult to enforce, it is much easier to promote safety and health codes in domestic legislation.

It has also been publicized in the newspapers for a long time. Most people have agreed with the concept of "safety and health", but accepting it is another issue.

Now the enforcement of mandatory legislation is undoubtedly further promoted on the basis of the previous one.

"Yes, domestic safety and health knowledge education also needs to be strengthened."

In Franz's view, this is a good thing for the country and the people.Everyone abides by the safety and health guidelines, which is of great significance to curbing the spread of disease.