A Demographic Study on the Inhabitants in Ibaraki Prefecture
1956 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 12-20,A1
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1956 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 12-20,A1
In an endeavor directed to a wider and higher synthesis of biological, medi cal! and social factors in dealing with the public health problem, the authoress investigated the demographic phenomena as diagnostic indices of the public health condition in Ibaraki Prefecture. The result is summarized as follws :
1. In the first chapter, demographic data of the census in 1950 were handled and an abridged life table for Ibaraki Prefecture was made out.
2. In the second chapter, the authoress traced the movement of population and the change with age of the principal causes of death in Ibaraki Prefecture.
3. In the third chapter the authoress she studied socio-biologically the population groups in urban as well as rural districts in Ibaraki Prefecture. She concluded that the increase of a capacity of population in 'rural parLs of this prefecture had attained the utmost limit, and a balance of population had naturally to be kept by the increase in movement of population to urban districts.
