Higashi Kiichi (1934-1940)

updated December 2, 2013.

Dentist.

DDS Tokyo Dental College 東京齒科大學. Hong Kong nlt.1934.

HONG KONG nlt. 1934. Registered dental surgeon 1934, but listed as an Exempted Person [1] 1937-40 [2]. Private practitioner 1934-40.

[1] Certificates of Exemption were issued to applicants who had long history practicing dentistry in Hong Kong but lacked the academic qualifications to become Registered Dental Surgeons. It is odd that Higashi was considered not qualified in 1937 after having been registered as a dental surgeon for three years.
[2] The Dental Register 1941 is not available; it is unknown whether or not it actually exists.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 4, 1934, #361; May 7, 1937, #322; May 10, 1940, #537.

Usui Yuji (1927-1940)

updated December 2, 2013.

Dentist.

Diploma, Nippon Dental College 日本齒科大學 July 1917.  Hong Kong nlt.1927.

HONG KONG nlt.1928. Registered dental surgeon September 13, 1927-1936; listed as an Exempted Person [1] 1937-40 [2]. Private practitioner 1927-40, address: #25 Doeux Road Central 1937.

[1] Certificates of Exemption were issued to dental practitioners who lacked the academic qualifications recognized by the Dental Board (essentially the General Medical Council in UK) to qualify to register. Generally speaking, only qualifications awarded by institutions located on the Britain Isles or in British Overseas Territories were recognized. Naturally, there were exceptions, and when such took places, discretion prevailed; how else can it be explained that some graduates of, for example, the University of Pennsylvania were qualified for registration while others weren't. In extreme cases, the status of certain dental practitioners would be switched to that of an exempted person after having been registered as dental surgeons for a number of years, only to be reversed again years later.
[2] The Dental Register 1941 is not available; it is unknown whether or not it actually exists.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, September 16, 1927, #536; September 7, 1928, #503; May 7, 1937, #322; May 10, 1940, #537.

Shimokawa Norihisa 下川範久 [1] (1921-1940)

updated December 10, 2013.

Dentist.

DDS, Tokyo Dental College 東京齒科大學. Hong Kong 1921.

HONG KONG 1921. Registered dental surgeon 1921-40 [2]. Private practitioner 1921-40, address: Gloucester Building 1940.

[Shimokawa had probably left Hong Kong with other Japanese residents shortly before the outbreak of the Battle of Hong Kong following the mandatory evacuation ordered by the Japanese Government.]

[1] The given name can also be one of the followings: 敬久, 憲久, 訓久.
[2] The Dental Register 1941 is not available; it is unknown whether or not it actually exists.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, April 20, 1921, #198; May 10, 1940, #537.

Yamazaki Tashio (1914-1927)

updated November 30, 2013.

Dentist.

Hong Kong nlt.1914. Whereabouts after 1927 unknown.

HONG KONG nlt.1914. Holder of Certificate of Exemption (one of the first 13 listed in the government gazette 1915) under the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914 to carry on the practice dental operation 1914-27 [1]. Private practitioner 1914-27, address: #34 Queen's Road 1914.

[Yamazaki's given name probably was Toshio instead of Tashio as it was written in government gazettes.]

[1] Certificates of Exemption were issued to applicants who had long history practicing dentistry in Hong Kong but lacked the academic qualifications to become Registered Dentistry Surgeons.

Selected bibliography: China Mail, January 5, 1915, p.5. Hong Kong Government, Dental Ordinance, 1914. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, September 24, 1915, #438; September 7, 1928, #503.

Munehiro Jungo 宗廣純吾 (1921-EOP)

updated August 12, 2013

Igakushi (MB), Tokyo Univ. December 25, 1916. Registered to practice Hong Kong October 28, 1921 through EOP. Majima Hospital 1921-EOP.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, October 28, 1921, Notice #439; May 9, 1941, Notice #558.

Majima Keinosuke 馬島珪之助 (1907-1923)

updated August 15, 2013.

Medical College, Japan Imperial Univ. March 30, 1898. 疫苗製造所技師兼臨時檢疫局事務官[ ]內務技師從七位, 鳳山縣醫院長 Superintendent, Fengshan County Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan January 15, 1898. 臺灣總督府醫院醫長 Superintendent, Taiwan Governor's Office Hospital December 8, 1899. Registered medical practitioner Hong Kong May 7, 1907 through 1923, 17 years in total. Founder of Majima Hospital 馬島病院, #185 Wanchai Road. Publications: 《細菌学的虎列剌診斷：臨床應用》東京市，誠之堂書店，1896。 《實扶垤里亞血清療法》合著者：李祥麟 ，台北市：文明書局總發行，1908。Address in Hong Kong: #177 Wanchai Road 1907; Killadoon, #151 Wanchai Road 1908.

m. K. Majima.

[Doctors engaged by the Majima Hospital at different times: Aragaki Tsunemasa 新垣恒政, Ishimitsu Kaoru, Munehiro Jungo 宗廣純吾 and Martin Peter Motoi Itoh.]

[The Majima Hospital was closed in December 1941 in conjunction with the mandatory evacuation of Japanese from Hong Kong imposed by the Japanese Government. The hospital was confiscated by the Hong Kong Government after the war and re-launched as Wanchai Female VD Hospital 灣仔婦女性病醫院. It was renamed Wanchai Hospital 灣仔醫院 in 1969, maintaining its specialty. The listing of the hospital in the Hong Kong Year Book discontinued in 1971; there is no information regarding when it was finally closed.]

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 10, 1907, Notice #335. 《香港年鑑》第九回至第二十四回，醫療輯要 (Hong Kong Year Book, 1956-1971)。 《臺灣總督府報》第231號，明治31年1月27日；第656號，明治32年12月13日。

Itoh, Martin Peter Motoi (1938-1941)

updated on August 18, 2013.

MBBS, HKU January 4, 1938. Registered to practice Hong Kong February 24, 1938. Private Practitioner 1938-41. Majima Hospital 1941. Residence: #2 Calder Path 1938.

[Suegoro Hara and Martin Peter Motoi Itoh were the only Japanese doctors to have stayed in Hong Kong right to the threshold of the Japanese invasion. It is believed that they left Hong Kong with other Japanese residents following the mandatory evacuation ordered by the Japanese Government.]

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, February 25, 1938, Notice #170; May 9, 1941, Notice #558.

Enomoto Motoshige (1909)

updated

Igakuhakushi (MD) Tokyo Imperial Univ. December 19, 1906. Registered to practice Hong Kong May 7, 1909. Residence: #15 Macdonnell Road 1909.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 7, 1909, Notice #279.

Aragaki Tsunemasa 新垣恒政 (1924-1933)

updated August 7, 2013

b.1894, Okinawa -d.1987. Igakushi (MB), Nagasaki Univ., Japan May 1916. MD. Taiwan 1917, 臺南醫院醫官補 (Acting Medical Officer, Tainan Hospital) 1917-19; 臺南高等女學校囑託 (Commissioned employee - Shokutaku, Tainan Girls' Senior High School) 1918); 臺北廳稻江醫院醫員 (physician, Taipei Daojiang Hospital) 1919; 臺北醫院醫官補 (Acting Medical Officer, Taipei Hospital) 1919. Hong Kong nlt.1924. Registered to practice Hong Kong May 16, 1924 through 1933. Private hospital, Majima Hospital, #151 Wan Chai Road 1924. Japan nlt.1933. 外務省囑託醫 (Commissioned Doctor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan) 1933. Publications: 海外発展と衛生問題: 特に伯刺西爾の衛生に就て, 外務省通商局 1933; 日本の使命, 衕仁會報, 第12卷第3號 1938; 醫療宣撫行 (Medical Pacification Tour), Tokyo: 東亞公論社 (Toa Koronsha) 1941; 南十字星 紀行隨筆, 東亞公論社 1943. Residence in Tokyo: 世田谷區成城町.

[The July 25, 1937 issue of the Straits Times carried this strangest story about Aragaki:
Ideal Diplomat Selection by Blood Test in Japan; Stubbornness is a Virtue
To the stringent academic and physical requirements for prospective members of Japan's diplomatic service may be added the prerequisite that they should be possessors of “O”-type blood.
That this should be one of the qualifications of future officials who will deal with the nation's foreign affairs was recommended today to Mr. Koki Hirota, Foreign Minister, by Dr. Tsunemesa Aragaki, the Gaimusho's own physician.
A study of the blood-types of world leaders has shown, according to Dr. Aragaki, that the “O”-type predominates. Other blood-types are A. B. and AB. Up to now, the only interest in such matters was shown by hospitals in preparing lists of potential blood-donors for transfusion cases.
Cool in Emergency
The possessors of “O”-type blood, Dr. Aragaki contends, are more suited to be diplomats because they are cool in emergencies, stubborn, not easily influenced by people, strong-willed, determined and yet gentle.
Dr. Aragaki refused to comment on the possibility that all possessors of “O”-type blood seeking admission to the Foreign Service might “flunk” academic and physical tests.]

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 16, 1924, Notice #292. / The Straits Times, July 25, 1937, p.8. 臺灣史研究所, 臺灣總督府職員錄系統