Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52

This book critically examines public health reform during the Occupation of Japan and interrogates the reforms broader significance for the Occupation and its legacies for both Japan and the US.

Christopher Aldous is a Principal Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Winchester, UK. Akihito Suzuki is a Professor of History at Keio University, Japan.

Introduction 1. Confronting Epidemics 2. The Limits of Disease Prevention 3. 'Controlling Wildfire Diseases' 4. 'We're Cleaning up Japan' 5. Nutrition and Disease 6. Chronic Infectious Diseases 7. The Health Centre. Conclusion