Author: the 15th Division Medical Department
Date: January 1943
File: the 15th Division Medical Department, Bound volume of issues of Brief Report on Sanitary Operations
Locations: Nanjing, Wuhu, Jintan, Zhenjiang (China)
Keywords: Sanitation
Annotation Source: Northeast Asian History Foundation
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ANNOTATION
The record includes a chart summarizing the progress of physical check-ups done to special “comfort women.” Items in the chart include the regions, Nanjing, Wuhu, Jintan, and Zhenjiang, all of which are located in China, the number of inspections done, average number of check-ups done per day, current number of check-ups done from the past to the present (accumulated), and the number of all disqualified cases. Currently, the number of check-ups are 2,113 which are comprised of 1,095 Japanese, 198 Koreans, 820 Chinese, and 84 disqualified cases.
Details:
1.Outline of actions in the unit
2.Conditions of care for the private soldiers
3.Conditions of preventing tuberculosis
Three. Rewards and punishments for the medical department staff
1.Rewards
2.Punishments
Four. Progress of check-ups of special “comfort women”
Five. Conditions of sanitary materials
Seven. Weather conditions
Eight. Suggestions for the future
Sources:
WAM Collection (Military_090)
Collection of the Asian Women’s Fund, Vol. 3, p. 213-217
#management #supervision #sanitation #venereal #disease #Nanjing #Wuhu #Jintan #Zhenjiang
QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS
Explain the following words to your students before asking them to read the annotation:
- sanitary: relating to the condition that affect hygiene and health
After reading the annotation, please answer the following questions:
1. What kind of document is this?
2. Who wrote it?
3. What year was it created?
4. What was the historical context in East Asia during the time?
5. Where was it created?
6. What's the title of the document? What does the title tell you?
7. Who's the audience of the document?
8. Use one sentence to summarize this document.
9. Use Google Map to locate these cities in China: Nanjing, Wuhu, Jintan. How far is it from Japan?
10. What does "disqualified cases" mean to you?
11. What nationalities of "comfort women" do you find in this document?
12. The Japanese government has been caliming that it bears no legal or official responsibility for the "comfort women" victims. Based on this document, do you think the claim is defendable? Why or why not?
13. What other questions do you have for this document?
14. How/Where can you find the answers?
*Questions for Students section was designed by Jing Williams, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at University of South Dakota.