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THE HOOKWORM Campaign in British GuIANA,

ON Monday evening, 29th June, 1914, Dr. Howard, the local representative of the Rockefeller International Health Commission of the United States of America, delivered an interesting lecture on the hookworm disease, illustrated by magic lantern views, to a large and representative gathering of residents of the East Bank, Demerara River, British Guiana.

The lecture was delivered in the large schoolroom at Ruimveld, kindly lent by the manager of the school, and there were present:-Dr. J. E. A. Ferguson, Govern ment Medical Officer of the Peter's Hall District, Rev. A. M. B. Jemmott, B.A., Rector St. Matthew's Parish and Manager of the school, and Dr. J. E. Field, selected by the Government to carry on the work in Dr. Howard's absence.

At the conclusion of the lecture, the following resolution was unanimously passed with acclamation :-

SIR,

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Resolution.

Whereas, we, the inhabitants of the Peter's Hall District, on the East Bank, Demerara River, County of Demerara, and Colony of British Guiana, being fully convinced of the disastrous effects of the hookworm (ankylostome) when found in the human system, beg to record our warmest appreciation of the efforts of the Rockefeller International Health Commission in our midst for the purpose of eradicating these dangerous parasites; and ask Dr. Howard to convey to headquarters our profound gratitude for their benevolent endeavours in this direction."

"We further beg to offer our unstinted co-operation and support with the hope that abundant success will be the ultimate result."

EDWARD MILLINGTON, Mover. NATHANIEL P. MASSIAH, Seconder.

Enclosure 2 in No. 18.

THE SURGEON-GENERAL to THE GOVERNMENT SECRETary.

Surgeon-General's Office, Georgetown, Demerara, 9th July, 1914. WITH reference to Dr. Howard's approaching departure, I have the honour I submit a draft letter to recommend that his services be suitably acknowledged.

for your consideration.

2. He has to my own knowledge worked strenuously for long hours in order to I have recently been over the whole area carry the scheme through successfully.

with him and can testify to its successful inauguration.

3. He has also always been ready to reply to all questions and letters from Medical Officers, and in consequence the work which he begun on the East Bank is now progressing in many other areas over the Colony.

The Honourable

SIR,

The Government Secretary.

I have, &c.,

K. S. WISE,

Surgeon-General,

[17th] July, 1914.

I HAVE the honour to convey to you on behalf of the Government of British Guiana their great appreciation of the way in which you have accomplished the inauguration of the work undertaken by your Commission.

2. The campaign for the eradication of hookworm disease from the Peter's Its initial stages have Hall District has been organized by you with great skill. been carried through not only without friction but even with the ready co-operation of a people liable to be unfavourably influenced by ignorant prejudice.

3. It is recognized that this result is due principally to your tactful and sympathetic handling of the people individually and collectively.

4. The Government would also specially thank you for your courtesy in placing your knowledge at the service of all Medical Officers. The cure and eradi- cation of hookworm disease have in consequence received impetus in many districts far from Peter's Hall.

Dr. H. H. Howard,

Georgetown,

I have, &c.,

K. S. WISE,

Surgeon-General.

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No. 19.

BRITISH GUIANA.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. (Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 27th August, 1914. SIR,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 316, of the 1st instant, and to inform you that I have read with interest the resolution passed by a representative gathering of residents in Peter's Hall Medical District, expressing their warm appreciation of the work carried on by the International Health Commission for the eradication of ankylostomiasis.

I have, &c.,

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SIR.

No. 20.

CEYLON.

L. HARCOURT.

MR. WICKLIFFE ROSE (INTERNATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION) to MR. H. R. COWELL (COLONIAL Office).

(Received 4th September, 1914.)

[Answered by No. 21.]

Office of the Director-General, International Health Commission,

725, Southern Building, Washington, D.C., 24th August, 1914.

I AM enclosing copy of the working plan which I submitted by request to the Government of Ceylon. One copy was sent to the Governor, one to Sir Allan Perry, Principal Civil Medical Officer and one to the Secretary of the Planters' Association.

On 27th July I received a letter from Sir Allan Perry, Principal Civil Medical Officer of Ceylon, at Colombo, under date of 25th June, 1914, advising that the Governor had had a conference, to which he invited planters, agents, estate super- intendents, and the medical department; that the conference had decided to carry out a demonstration at Ceylon; that Sir Allan Perry and Mr. Hugh Kennedy, Chair- man of the Planters' Association, had been appointed as a committee to select the areas for the demonstration; that the areas had been selected; that the planters whose estates had been selected are keen to co-operate in the work; that Dr. Langley Hunt, one of the two itinerating medical officers in Ceylon, and a strong man, had been put in charge of the work; and that they are now training microscopists and getting ready to begin active operations.

Very truly yours,

Mr. H. R. Cowell,

Colonial Office,

London.

Enclosure in No. 20.

WICKLIFFE ROSE.

WORKING PLAN FOR THE Relief and CONTROL OF ANKYLOSTOMIASIS IN CEYLON. I-Work in Ceylon.

1. The first work to be on a small scale in well-defined areas, for the purpose of trying out working plans and working agencies and for making a clear-cut demon- stration of what can be done.

2. To this end select a group of estates where the infection is heavy and where

the planters will give hearty co-operation.

3. Examine microscopically the whole population of the selected areas.

4. Put under treatment every person found infected with any intestinal parasite, and keep him under treatment till the microscope shows that he is free from infection.

* No. 18.