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SUMMARY:Malaria and the colonial frontier in Manchuria\, 1905–1940s - Je
 ong-ran Kim (Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine\, Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:This presentation considers the problem of malaria among Chine
 se migrant labourers in industries owned by the South Manchuria Railway Co
 mpany in Manchuria during the first half of the twentieth century. Malaria
  epidemics in Manchuria were new phenomena which were caused by Japan's ec
 onomic and military exploitation. Expansion of malaria mosquito habitats a
 nd massive immigration from Japan\, Korea and China proper led to the epid
 emics. During this period\, outbreaks of malaria in Manchuria were related
  to the aggregation of labour\, such as the construction of railways\, ric
 e paddy fields\, coal mining and so on. Most of the patients were Chinese 
 labourers who worked for Japanese businesses\, in particular the South Man
 churia Railway Company. The labourers were vulnerable to diverse diseases 
 because of their poor living and working conditions. And their poverty and
  ignorance made it difficult for them to access proper treatment. The labo
 urers sometimes brought malaria into non-malarial areas and were stigmatiz
 ed as 'mobile parasite carriers of malaria'. However\, improvements in the
  living and working conditions of the labourers were hardly discussed and 
 their Japanese employers rarely intervened to safeguard their health. Afte
 r the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War\, in July 1937\, the 5-Year
  Industrial Development Plan of Manchukuo was promulgated with the goal of
  increasing mining and manufacturing production. To achieve this\, a suffi
 cient supply of Chinese labourers was required. However\, malaria epidemic
 s affected the Chinese labourers and decreased labour efficiency. Consider
 ing the production of mineral and military commodities\, malaria was the c
 ostliest disease for Japan's war regime. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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