I hereby give My sanction to the Imperial Ordinance concerning the partial amendments to the Regulations governing the Organization of the Ministry Welfare and cause the same to be promulgated.
御名御璽
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
昭和二十二年三月十八日
This eighteenth day of the third month of the twenty-second year of Showa (March 18, 1947)
內閣総理大臣 吉田茂
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
厚生大臣 河合良成
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
勅令第八十七号
Imperial Ordinance No. 87
厚生省官制の一部を次のように改正する。
The Regulations governing the Organization of the Ministry of Welfare shall be amended as follows:
第三條 厚生省ニ左ノ八局ヲ置ク
Article 3. Ministry of Welfare shall have eight bureaus as follows:
公衆保健局
Public Health Bureau
醫務局
Medical Affairs Bureau
豫防局
Prevention Bureau
社會局
Social Affairs Bureau
兒童局
Children Bureau
勞政局
Labor Administration Bureau
勤務局
Labor Bureau
保險局
Social Insurance Bureau
第六條ノ二 兒童局ニ於テハ左ノ事務ヲ掌ル
Article 6-2. Children Bureau shall prosecute the following business:
一 兒童ノ福祉ニ關スル事項
1. Affairs concerning welfare of children.
二 兒童ノ保育、敎護其ノ他兒童保護ニ關スル事項
2. Affairs concerning nurture, discipline and protection, etc. of children.
三 兒童及姙產婦ノ保健衞生ニ關スル事項
3. Affairs concerning public health and sanitation of children and pregnant and lying-in women.
四 其ノ他兒童ニ關スル事項ニシテ他ノ主管ニ屬セザルモノ
4. Other affairs concerning children and also not belonging to the jurisdiction of other offices.
第十條 厚生省ニ左ノ職員ヲ置ク
Article 10. The Ministry of Welfare shall have the following personnel:
厚生事務官
Welfare Secretaries:
專任六人 一級
Full time service Secretaries (1st class) ......6
專任二百四十九人 二級
,, ,, (2nd class) ....249
專任八百四十五人 三級
,, ,, (3rd class) ....845
厚生技官
Welfare Technicians:
專任三人 一級
Full time service Technicians (1st class) ....3
專任千八百十人 二級內二十八人ヲ一級ト爲スコトヲ得
,, ,, (2nd class) ..1,810 (28 of them may be promoted 1st class)
專任五百十一人 三級
,, ,, (3rd class) ... 511
附 則
Supplementary Provision:
この勅令は、公布の日から、これを施行する。
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.