Year 1 History and Culture (Year 1 Unit 4 - Development of Singapore, pre WWII) Mind Map on Social Developments, created by nichifuri 101 on 31/08/2017.
Gov doctors for rich Asians, Europeans and military doctors for soldiers - no
medical services for general public - high death rate
Diseases (e.g. Beri-beri, tuberculosis, malaria) spread because of
inadequate medical supplies, dirty streets, overcrowded living spaces, & no sewage system
Locals who helped improve healthcare - e.g. Tan Tock Seng --> founded
Chinese Pauper Hospital in Pearl's Hill where immigrants could seek
medical help at little or no cost; bury unclaimed bodies; paid funeral expenses
Education
British gvt did not see an urgent
need to provide education for locals -
left such matters in hands of
private organisations
19th C: schools were mostly
little-equipped and attended
only by boys
e.g.1: Indian merchant, Narayana Pillai -
started small school for Indian children
e.g.2: Christian missionaries opened 2
Cantonese schools, a Hokkien school and an
English school
e.g.3: Chinese and Tamil schools;
madrasah schools for Malay
Muslim children
Role of the Government: implementing and Formalising Nation-wide Measures
Healthcare
1887: set up Public Health Department - malaria committee to
supervise infilling of mosquito-infested swamps, implementing
sewage system, clearing dirty streets and drains
attempts to improve housing conditions
(e.g. reduce overcrowding in Chinatown)
set up General Hospital, leper camp and lunatic asylum
1882 onwards: outpatient clinics for public
Quarantine Law
Education
colonial gvt changed attitude towards education as
gvt needed skilled individuals & ppl trained in English
to fill the positions in offices and trading companies
shows that gvt was primarily motivated by commerce, business and trade
established Queen's scholarship for top
secondary school students to further studies in
British universities
agreed to Asian leaders' request to set up medical
school (King Edward VII College of Medicine) on the
condition that locals raised funds
built other institutions when pressure
was put on gvt by merchants
however, British did not treat all schools equally - English & Malay schools received more funding than
Chinese schools (which they thought bred anti-British sentiments)