| Item title: | Reports on incidence of disease |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/25) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/25 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-296 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 10 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Medical record |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 20/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, DISEASES, EPIDEMICS, CHOLERA, MALARIA, TYPHOID FEVER, SMALL POX, HYGIENE AND SANITATION |
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| Japanese unit names: | Mo 11400 Force Matsu Unit Medical Sect 8th Area Army Medical Department |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | China–Hong Kong Burma–Thailand Japan–Formosa Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Hollandia on 22 September 1944 during the Allied attacks of Japanese positions in northern Dutch New Guinea, which were intended to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item is from a file entitled "Epidemic prevention reports no. 1–5", issued between 28 December 1942 and 12 May 1943 by the 8th Area Army Medical Department, and compiled in 1943 by MO 11400 Force, Matsu Unit, Medical Section. It contains statistics on the incidence of typhoid, para-typhoid, dysentery and malaria in New Britain, and smallpox, cholera, typhus and plague in Japan, China and Burma. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:39 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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