[Establishment of public health in Japan and Britain: the roles played by Sensai Nagayo and Edwin Chadwick].
Both Japan and Britain established public health administration as a result of the similar events: cholera epidemics. Britain was the pioneer in enacting public health laws in the world. The British law was based upon the "sanitary report" compiled by E. Chadwick as part of a government committee investigation. Though the process was not always a smooth one, Britain learned from its mistakes and steadily developed a public health system following the establishment of the public health law. Meanwhile, in Japan where the general understanding is that the health care system before World War II was German-oriented, Sensai Nagayo, the leading figure in health administration, looked toward the British model and consistently attached importance to a public health administration led by local authorities. However, his vision was not realized. In this paper, I have examined what caused the differences between these two cases through focusing on the role the two key persons played.
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D002771:Cholera / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom