Back in time : tracing the origins of Singapore's 1960s/1970s cholera story

• Main Author: Thio, Debra Jane En Yu
• Other Authors: Park Hyung Wook
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Social aspects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73563
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cholera’s impact on Singapore’s population in the 1960s and 1970s was mild. Morbidity rates of cholera paled in comparison to diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria within the nation. Yet, cholera left a deep impression on Singapore’s national consciousness. This thesis seeks to explain the discr...