No. 306.
Mr. Bingham to Mr. Evarts.
United
States Legation,
Tokei,
Japan, August 29, 1879. (Received
September 29.)
No. 944.]
Sir: Herewith I have the honor to inclose for your:
information the official statement of the statistics of Asiatic cholera
within this empire, up to the 26th instant, from which it appears that the
total number of cases to that date was 102,217, and that of this number
54,615 died; showing a mortality of over 50 per cent.
I inclose herewith a copy of the statement kindly furnished me by his
excellency Mr. Ito. His Imperial Japanese Majesty’s Minister of the
Interior. You will note that all this mortality from cholera has happened
within the last four months.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure in No. 944.—Cholera statics,
1879.]
| 29th June to 27th August: |
|
| Number of patients in Tokei |
1,113 |
| Deaths |
736 |
| 22d May to 26th August: |
|
| Number of patients in Osaca |
8,098 |
| Deaths |
6,266 |
| 6th June to 26th August: |
|
| Number of patients in Kiyoto |
1,064 |
| Deaths |
814 |
| 30th May to 26th August: |
|
| Number of patients in Hiogo |
7,932 |
| Deaths |
4,805 |
| 19th June to 26th August: |
|
| Number of patients in Kanagawa |
928 |
| Deaths |
581 |
| 11th June to 26th August: |
|
| Number of patients in Nagasaki |
5,560 |
| Deaths |
1,418 |
| Total number of patients throughout the land |
102,217 |
| Total number of deaths throughout the land |
54,615 |
The localities that have been the most seriously affected by this disease
are as follows: The Ishikawa, Okayama, Yéhime, Sakai, Kumamoto,
Yamaguchi, and Oita Kens. The number of patients in each of these
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kens has varied from 3,000 to
14,000, and the percentage of mortality has reached 53 per cent. In
Osaca the percentage was 77 per cent. The Miyagi and the Iwata Kens have
happily escaped visitation by the cholera, and they are the only ones
that have.
