Title
A vaccination certificate issued during the Japanese Occupation
Year/Period
1942
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 10.3 x 12.5 cm
Accession No.
2008-06736
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Low Sze Wee
Following the Japanese invasion in Singapore, several healthcare policies were put in place by the new occupying forces. Concern for the spread of diseases prompted the Japanese government to implement a system of compulsory vaccination against smallpox and typhus in April 1942. Those who were inoculated were issued with certificates as proofs of their vaccination. In 1943, the pre-war Medical Department and Sanitary Boards were replaced by a new department created by the Japanese, called the Eiseika.
