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From ABBISTANT Medical OffICER, Cayo, to PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER. Ankylostomiasis.-Cayo District.
I have only seen one case of the above in this district, and that was over two years ago.
At the present time I do not know that there are any cases in this district, and no precautions have been specially taken to prevent it.
October 18/13.
O. S. KELLETT,
Assistant Medical Officer.
From ASSISTAnt Medical OFFICER, Punta Gorda, to PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER.
Ankylostomiasis.
With reference to your telegram regarding the existence and distribution of ankylostomiasis in the Toledo District, I beg to inform you that the number of cases treated by me in the Punta Gorda Hospital since its opening in April, 1911, amounts to 67 cases.
The nationality of those treated and the distribution of the same are as follows:-
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Since the beginning of 1912 we have had a hospital here; up to date three cases of ankylostomiasis have been treated there. One case came from the neigh- bourhood of AlkPines and another from one of the Cayes; the third case was a Sikh who, I think, brought the disease with him. The public latrines of Stann Creek built over the sea assist in preventing the spread of this disease.
30 September, 1913.
J. WINTER,
Assistant Medical Officer.
From A88ISTANT Medical OFFICER, Corozal, to PRINCIPAL MEDICAL Officer. Ankylostomiasis.
I believe there is none. On the last occasion I was here I had some suspicions
of San Juachin and investigated, and found none. All the cases I have seen here and at Stann Creek had their origin in Guinea Grass or San Antonio Island. There has been one admission to the hospital in the last five years and that came from
Albion Island.
W. J. WOODMAN,
Assistant Medical Officer.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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I have no record of any cases that I have seen before the opening of the hospital. That the disease exists to a very great extent in the district cannot be denied, and especially among the Indians; and it is not to be wondered at, seeing how careless and filthy they are in their habits and their utter disregard as to the disposal of their excreta.
With regard to prophylactic measures, little can be done with the ignorant, superstitious, and uncivilised native, and all that I have ever attempted in the way of prophylaxis is to tell those that have been under treatment to try and be more cleanly in their habits. Perhaps some leaflets printed in the various languages showing the nature of the disease and the means to abate the evil might be of some
J. M. CLEMENTS,
use.
18 October, 1913.
Assistant Medical Officer.
From ASSISTANT Medical OffiCER, Orange Walk, to PRINCIPAL Medical OfficeR. Ankylostomiasis.
Referring to your telegram of the 26th ultimo, I have the honour to inform you that :-
(1) ankylostomiasis exists in this district;
(2) I have no reason to suspect that it is localised to any particular area; (3) no special means are taken to cope with it.
October 1, 1913.
C. L. EYLES,
Assistant Medical Officer.
From ASSISTAnt Medical OFFICER, Stann Creek, to PRINCIPAL MEDICal Officer. Ankylostomiasis in the Stann Creek District.
The information I have with regard to the above is too limited to make a formal return.
Since the beginning of 1910, four deaths have been registered from this cause to date. Two of these were in children, and I think the infection was acquired in the town of Stann Creek. The other two were probably not acquired in the town.
(No. 268.)
SIR,
No. 11.
BARBADOS.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 9 December, 1913.)
Government House, 17th November, 1913.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Miscellaneous despatch of the 26th of August last,* on the subject of the work done by the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in the eradication of ankylostomiasis in the United States of America and the proposed visit to the West Indies of Mr. Wickliffe Rose, the Director of the Commission.
2. Mr. Rose arrived here on the 10th ultimo, and, in accordance with your request, was given every facility for investigating the disease, but it was not possible to furnish him with particulars of the prevalence and distribution of the disease, for the reasons stated in the last paragraph of Dr. Hutson's minute of the 11th of September, a copy of which is enclosed."
3. I, however, forward, for your information, and in accordance with the request made at the end of your despatch, a copy of a minute by Dr. R. M. Johnson, the Island Bacteriologist and Pathologist, together with a report thereon by Dr. Hutson, the Poor Law and Public Health Inspector, on the existence of the disease this Island.
I have, &c.,
Enclosure 1 in No. 11.
HONOURABLE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
L. PROBYN,
Governor.
IT is gratifying that some of the $1,000,000 granted by Mr. Rockefeller for work on ankylostomiasis is to be spent in the West Indies.
2. We do not know accurately the incidence of the disease locally, and Dr. Johnson was asked to make investigations into this matter. I do not know if he is in a position yet to report.
3. This is a disease which is diagnosed by finding the eggs of the ankylostoma
in the " fæces" of patients by means of the microscope, so that the enquiry is attended
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