:\IK1)ICAL SlltVEY OF THK TOWN OF TAYTAY. 



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i-ollected in my first paper - concerning the food gi\en to the prisoners in 

 Bilil)i(l i'rison and also agrees with tlie result of inquiries made at that 

 time in the city of Manila. 1 have considered also the rations of the 

 native troops, known as Philippine Scouts, and liave fonnd the daily 

 food per person represents ahout 3,0()() calories. 



►Since the latest researches indicate a causal connection between certain 

 kinds of rice and beriberi, and since rice is the most prominent con- 

 stituent of the food of tbese people, it is interesting to note that not a 

 single case of beriberi was found in Taytay. Practically all the rice used 

 in this town belongs to the class of "cured" rice, which according to some 

 observers ne\'er causes Ijeriberi e\en when it forms the greater portion of 

 the nutriment over a long period of time. The rice is prepared at home 

 and is unpolislied ; polished or "uncured" rice is found only very rarely. 



Finally I have calculated the cost of the daily food of a man living in 

 the usual mangier in tlu' town of Taytay. This is sliown in the following- 

 table : 



Table VI. 



I'am- 



ily 

 No. 



Average 

 cost of 



the food 

 of one 

 person. 



Fam- 

 ily 

 No. 



Average 

 cost of 



the food 

 of one 



person. 



1 



TO.U 



• 14 



1 

 PC. 12 



2 



.10 



15 



.27 



3 



.10 



16 



.12 



4 



.13 



17 



.14 



5 



.16 



18 



.24 



6 



.13 



19 



.10 



7 



.09 



20 



.l.T 



8 



.12 



21 



.11 



9 



.11 



22 



.12 



10 



.34 



23 



.14 



11 



.16 



24 



.12 



12 



.13 



25 



.W 



13 



.12 







Jf we omit the ]-ich families N"o. 5, Xo. .10 and Xo. IS which expended 

 an excessively high amount for food, we see that the cost of the food for 

 one person ranges betM'een 9 and l(j centavos daily, with an average of 

 12i- centavos per person. It may not be without interest as having a 

 bearing on many soeiologic and economic questions in these Islands to 

 state that in a provincial town a Filipino can live very comfortably on 

 about 12 centavos a day. 



■ Loc. cit. 



