Abstract
Through the classification of region and kinds of illness about the death of vagrants from 1906 to 1942, the results on the study of vagrants under the rule of Japanese imperialism are followings.1. The statistics about the death of vagrants from 1906 to 1912 have no coherence. So this study excludes that time.2. A mental disease as a cause of death of vagrants is 25.4%. It shows the highest ratio of all the other diseases.3. A mental, nervous disease among the cause of vagrants' death is 15%.4. On outbreak ration of mental disease is 26.7 times in men, 24.6 times in women higher, and on nervous disease 48.1 times in man, 48.9 times in woman higher than Japanese.5. Regional outbreak ratio is higher than Japan. The orders are Chonlabukdo, Chungcheongbukdo, Hwanghaedo, Kangwondo. The above results show that vagrants under the rule of Japanese imperialim is produced by cause of disease. The cause of vagrants' death is also related to social situation at that times. And it accord with the basis of documents. The relation between the death of vagrants and mental, nervous disease are considered to be studied in detailI.