Ageographical and statistical analysis of gKaryu-byo h, Japan fs venereal disease (VD):the effect of the morbidity on indexes of infertility and fertility in modern Japan: the case of Gunma prefecture, 1910s-20s

Kenichi Tomobe ()
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Kenichi Tomobe: Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University,

No 20-22, Discussion Papers in Economics and Business from Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyzes the VD effect on fertility based on the village and town data in Gunma prefecture from 1910s to 1920s investigated by the bureau of public health and hygiene in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Gunma prefecture was the pioneer where the Japan fs licensed prostitute system was earliest abolished in 1893. Beside it, however, the private prostitute system called gKashi zashiki h prevaile d into the whole area of Gunma prefecture by the Taisho period, ca.1910s. The prostitute system in the modern Japan encountered the socioeconomic change derived from both urbanization and factory industrialization, which was stimulated by the state policy and the problem of population increase happened in the north eastern Japan since the late 19th century.

Keywords: Sexually Transmitted Disease; Syphilis; Infertility; Stillbirth; Miscarriage; Fertility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 N35 N55 N95 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2021-02
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