GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
11 May 1946

AG 323.31 (11 May 46) PH
(SCAPIN-945)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
Subject	Reorganization of Governmental Public Health and Welfare Activities.

1. In order to cope adequately with the emergency health and welfare situation, as directed by Memoranda numbered (SCAPIN-48) 22 September 1945, and (SCAPIN-775) 27 February 1946, the Imperial Japanese Government will immediately reorganize the administration of health and welfare activities to provide for the following administration of functions:
a. A Bureau of Health, the responsibility of which will be public health (maternity, child, and adult hygiene), health education, vital statistics activities and nutritional activities.
b. A Bureau of Medical Treatment, the responsibility of which will be general affairs (medical relief programs), administration of hospitals, administration of sanatoria,, medical affairs, pharmaceutical affairs (distribution), drug production (including biologicals) and pharmaceutical standardization.
c. A Bureau of Preventive Medicine shall be established, the responsibility of which will be those concerned with sanitary engineering, communiceble diseases and chronic infections diseases.
d. A Bureau of Social Affairs, the responsibility of which will be those in connection with public assistance, public welfare and the procurement and disposition of materials necessary to implement such functions.
2. The administration of other continuing activities and functions of the Ministry of Health and Welfare is not affected by this Memorandum and may be a matter for furture consideration.
3. The Imperial Japanese Government will cause to be established in prefectural governments a Bureau of Health and a Bureau of Welfare whose functions will include those outlined for the Ministry of Health and Welfare, as shown in paragraph 1 of this Memorandum, which will act as the operating agency for public health and welfare activities.
4. Functions of operation in connection with this Memorandum will be performed as for as possible at prefectural and local levels. Matters of policy, techinical matters and overall coordination of health and welfare activities are functions of the national government.
5. The reorganization as a result of this Memorandum will be subject to modification by action of the Japanese Diet.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

B.M.FICHI
Brigadiar General,AGD,
Adjutant General