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Author: Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease
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Author: Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease
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Author: Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease
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Author: Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease
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Category : Hookworm disease
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Author: Rockefeller Sanitary Disease
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ISBN: 9781230413501
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Languages : en
Pages : 22

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...is being done by private or public agencies to alleviate or eradicate the disease. CEYLON. 1. Infection.--Both Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus are found in Ceylon. The infection covers practically the whole of the planting districts where Tamil labor is used; it involves also the Sinhalese villages on the confines of the planting districts. The disease is more prevalent on the estates situated in the "low country." 2. Degree of infection.--Badly infected estates may have the labor force infected to the amount of 90 per cent. The committee appointed by the Colonial Secretary to consider measures to prevent the spread of hookworm disease in the island recommends that all superintendents of estates treat all new arrivals with beta-naphthol. "The ground for this recommendation," says the report, "is that the percentage of coolies arriving in the island who are suffering from this 44 disease in a more or less marked degree is so high that the disease may be said to be practically universal." The committee also recommends the treatment of the whole labor force on infected estates. 3. Infection agricultural.--The infection is confined practically to those who follow agricultural pursuits. The number of persons working in mines is very small; the presence of infection among them has not been ascertained; evidence of the symptoms of the disease among them is absent. 4. Origin and spread of the infection.--It is not known whether the native population of the island was originally infected; it seems to have been at least relatively free from it. Most of it certainly has been brought into the island by the importation of coolie laborers from South India. On March 17, 1910, the Colonial Secretary writes to the chairman of the Planters'...

Author: Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease
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Category : Hookworm disease
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Author: Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019720059
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This publication provides a detailed account of the work of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in eradicating hookworm disease in the southern United States in the early 20th century. It includes descriptions of the disease, its effects, and the methods used to treat it. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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