Registered midwives 2961

Registered nurses 820

There was 1 doctor for every 2,000 of the population.

The Japanese organized midwifery training schools and made sure that there was a sufficient number of trained midwives to attend to childbirth throughout the island. It seems that nursing, as a profession, was not emphasized by the Japanese (though it was by the mission hospitals). In general, a system of nurse-aids or nurse-assistants was followed. The above figures show a significant difference between the numbers of registered nurses and midwives.

A proposed Series of Six Lectures at the University of Cambridge,

Eastern Term, 1996, by Professor SHIBA Yoshinobu

1. Setting the Stage for Growth: International Trade and Domestic Development in East Asia During the 15^th and 16^th Centuries
2. The Age of Commerce (1540-1680) - International Bullion Flows and Trade in East Asian Waters
3. Economic Closure: National Seclusion in East Asia in the Face of the Emerging World Economy
4. The Emergence of Overseas Traders in the integration of East Asian Trade
5. The Transformation of Coastal Peripheries into Economic Centres During the Age of National Seclusion

Competition in East Asian Water - Xthe Rise of Japan in the Age of Western Impact