Beriberi.

  • Vedder, Edward B. (Edward Bright), 1878-
Date:
1913
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Credit: Beriberi. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Kyoto at this time had a population of 229,000. It is probable that many cases were not reported. At any rate, the lij^ures are much higher in the army during- the same period, where the records were more carefully kept. Thus, according to Anderson, the number of soldiers who had beriberi in 1875 was not less than 26 per cent of the entire army (jf 17,500 men. In 1876 the Japanese army had 3,868 cases, corre- sponding to 11 per cent of the total number of 35,300. More detailed figures for the years 1877 and 1878 are given l)y .Scheube, as follows: Garrison. Tokio Nagoya.... Sendai Osaka Hiroshima.. Kumanioto. Total, ., . 1877. 1878. Number of troops. Had beriberi. Garrison. Number of troops. Had beriberi. Total number. Per cent. Total number. Per cent. 7,700 3,000 2,800 2,200 2,100 1 ,800 1 ,247 102 232 404 21.5 487 16 3 8 IS 10 26 Tokio Nagoya Sendai Osaka Kumanioto.... Total 13 ,300 4,500 3 , 100 6,400 4,200 4,600 4,880 1 .440 323 2 ,896 932 3 , 1.54 37 32 10 46 22 68 19,600 2,687 14 36,100 13,629 ! 38 PriiValence of Beriberi in Japanese Navy, 1878-83, According to Saneyoshi. Year. Average strength of force. Cases of beriberi. Per cent, of cases. 1878 4,528 5 ,081 4,956 4,641 4,769 5,346 1 ,485 1 .978 1 ,725 1 ,163 1 ,929 1,236 32 .8 38 .9 34. 25 .0 40.4 23.1 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883