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required during the whole period and that supplied by the

Japanese authorities in June, 1944, was quite inadequate.

Bed-Repairing shop performed a valuable service in patching

canvases from old tents, ground sheets, sacks and flour bags,

collected by the internees.

The

III. Factories and Repair shops organised and directed by the

Gommittee.

(a) Soya Bean Milk Factory

A quantity, usually fifty pints, was processed daily from

beans provided by Dr. Selwyn-Clarke, and, later, the

International Red Cross. This valuable food was distributed

on medical advice through the Diet and Baby Kitchens and the

Hospital. The residue from the process was given to the

Hospital for the manufacture of yeast, used for selected cases

of avitaminosis.

(b) Shoe Repair Shop

This shop repaired from twenty to eighty pairs of shoes

weekly, though shortage of materials was a persistent

difficulty.

(c) Bed Repair Shop

This shop repaired approximately twenty beds weekly.

(a) Spectacle Repair Shop - for repair of frames only.

For the first two years the Committee were able to arrange

for spectacles to be prescribed by an Ophthalmic Surgeon in the

Camp and supplied by an optician in town} As well all repair

work was undertaken by the same firm. The Japanese Authoritie

eventually refused permission for this as the price became

prohibitive, and the Camp Repair shop undertook to mend frames

only. The repairer was responsible for twenty pairs weekly.

To turn at last to the final stage in the life of the

Committee, it was decided in July 1945 to amalgamate the

International Welfare Committee with the Camp Relief Fund, a

similar organisation whose object was to help internees financially

rather than with food or clothing.

As the conditions in the Camp

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