1. The Syonan Times, 30 August 1942. "Almost Everyday. … A Baby Is Abandoned".

2. Oral history interview, 1983, in English, Acc 305 Reel 4.

3. Oral history interview, 1983, in English, Acc 345 Reel 23.

4. Oral history interview, 2006, in English, Acc 3037 CD1.

5. Oral history interview, 2006, in English, Acc 3037 CD2.

6. The Syonan Times, 2 March 1942. “M.A.D.(Syonan-to) No. 5 and No. 6.”

7. Annual Report of the Medical Department, Colony of Singapore, 1946.

8. The Syonan Times, 21 August 1942. “Travelling Dispensaries Busy At Work In Syonan”; 29 August 1942. “Syonan’s Travelling Dispensaries ‘A Boon To Rural Dwellers’.”

9. The Syonan Times, 14 July 1942. “Examinations For Final Year Medical Students.”

10. Oral history interview, 1983, in English, Acc 346 Reel 5.

11. The Syonan Sinbun, 29 May 1943. “Discovery of New Serum Saves Life of Syonan Girl.”

12. Oral history interview, 1984, in English, Acc 488 Reel 4.

13. Oral history interview, 1998, in English, Acc 20424 Reel 6.

14. Oral history interview, 1983, in English, Acc 299 Reel 5.

15. Oral history interview, 1983, in English, Acc 332 Reel 6.

16. Oral history interview, 1985, in English, Acc 546 Reel 18.

17. The Syonan Times, 23 August 1942. “Refined Medicinal Red Palm Oil.”

18. Oral history interview, 1984, in Malay, Acc 319 Reel 13.

19. Oral history interview, 2006, in English, Acc 3037 CD2.

20. The Syonan Times, 24 February 1942. “M.A.D. Notice No. 3 Compulsory Inoculation Against Typhoid Fever”; 4 April 1942. “M.A.D. Notice No. 27 Compulsory Vaccination.”

21. The Syonan Times, 7 April 1942. “Vaccination Centres for Children.”

22. The Syonan Times, 7 April 1942. “M.A.D. Notice No. 28: Market Stall Holders’ Licences.”

23. The Syonan Times, 30 June 1942. “Health of Syonan in Safe Hands – Interview with Chief of Medical Department.”

24. The Syonan Times, 1 September 1942. “Drive to make Syonan ‘Ideal Healthy City in the East’”; The Syonan Times, 26 June 1942. “Syonan Tokubetu-Si Notice No. 72: Anti-Mosquito Campaign.”

25. The Syonan Times, 2 March 1942. “M.A.D. (Syonan-to) No. 7.”

26. The Syonan Times, 28 March 1942. “M.A.D. Notice No. 25 Where to Throw Your Rubbish.”

27. The Syonan Times, 23 September 1942. “All Syonan School Children Now Receiving Regular Daily Dose Of Pure Red Palm Oil.”

28. Oral history interview, 1984, in English, Acc 483 Reel 2.

29. The Syonan Sinbun, 7 June 1943. “Rice Polishings Reduce Beri Beri Incidence.”

30. Oral history interview, 1993, in Malay, Acc 1439 Reel 5. In his oral history interview, Eric Paglar also recounted that M&B 693, or May and Baker 693 sulfonamide tablets, was a very good medicine for curing wounds before the advent of penicillin. In fact, he recalled that the form of currency before the war was M&B 693 as each pill was worth a lot of money. This led to many forms of imitation tablets on the market. Extracted from Oral history interview, 1983, in English, Acc 299 Reel 2.

31. The Syonan Times, 23 September 1942. “Experiments Being Made With Mosquitoes Collected In Malaya, Djawa, Burma.”

32. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Box 2097, Document Reference P919985 G-2 P Files, “Summary Japanese Biological Warfare (BW) Activities”, LTC Arvo T. Thompson, from ASF, Camp Detrick MD, 31 May 1946, pp.i-ii. Available at (http://www.archives.gov/iwg/japanese-war-crimes/select-documents.pdf).

34. The Straits Times, National Day Supplement, 9 August 2005.

35. The Syonan Sinbun, 30 March 1943. “Syonan Doctor Makes Plague Discovery.”

36. Annual Report of the Medical Department, Colony of Singapore, 1947, p.15.