Report on the prevention of malaria in Cyprus / by Sir Ronald Ross ; presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty.

  • Ross, Ronald, Sir, 1857-1932.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Report on the prevention of malaria in Cyprus / by Sir Ronald Ross ; presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    for fifteen doses of two grains each., to be given daily by the schoolmaster. (3) The allotment of twenty-five pounds to tbe Public Works Department for dealing experimentally with tbe marsh at Akhyritou. The spleen-census was most ably planned and directed by Dr. Cleveland, and the marsh at Akhyritou was excellently dealt with by Mr. Nicolls, Director of Public Works, and Mr. Giles of that Department; and I was informed that the issue of free quinine would he carried out as far as possible at an early date. Before I left the Island, I submitted to the Chief Secretary an interim statement as to the probable direction which my recom- mendations would take after consultation with the High Commissioner in England. 4. Acknowledgments.—I should like to take the opportunity to express my warm thanks for the assistance and kindness always rendered to me in Cyprus by the officials and by everyone else whom I met. They are specially due to Ilis Excellency Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams; to Captain Orr, Acting High Com- missioner; to Major W. N. Bolton, Acting Chief Secretary; to Dr. R. A. Cleveland, Chief Medical Officer; to E. H. D. Nicolls, Esq., Director of Public Works; to the Commissioners of all the districts; to the Government Analyst, W. Francis, Esq.; to Dr. Patrick and all the District and Rural Medical Officers with whom I came in contact; to the Mayors of Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos; to the Qadi of Cyprus and to The Most Venerable the Archbishop of Cyprus. My thanks are also due to Mr. A. Eiddian, of the Colonial Office, for having collected much valuable literature for me; and to Mr. H. C. Lukach for giving me valuable informa- tion on many points. I shoiild like also to thank the members of the clubs at Nicosia and at Famagusta for their personal kindness to me. II.—THE MALARIA DATA OF CYPRUS. 5. General Data. Area of Cyprus.—3,584 square miles (9,282 sq. km.). Population at the census of 1911: — Christians ... ... ... ... 217,680 Mahommedans ... ... ... ... 56,428 Total 274,108 Density of Population.—76’48 per square mile. The malaria data of 21 British Crown Colonies (exclusive of Cyprus) were collected by me in a Memorandum Regarding the Returns of Various Colonies anc! Protectorates on Mosquito- borue Diseases, presented to the Colonial Office and dated May 2, 1912. According to this the average density of population of twenty of the colonies referred to was only 28 per square mile. Barbados had 1,036, Mauritius 520, and British Guiana only 3 per square mile.