“…Lately L.M.O. (Maternity and Child WVelfare), Hong Kong In a paper entitled "Nutritional Diseases in Hong Kong before the Japanese Invasion " (Fehily, 1945) I[described the widespread occurrence of B avitaminosis among the Chinese population in Hong Kong which was undoubtedly due to the high consumption of imported highly milled, and, latterly, long-stored rice. This vitamin B deficiency manifested itself mainly in beriberi, which was the second highest cause of death in Hong Kong in 1940; while maternal B avitaminosis (either latent or manifest) was the cause of infantile beriberi, a disease which often appeared in such an acute and lethal form that the term "human milk intoxication" was suggested for it.…”