Rural sanitation in the tropics, being notes and observations in the Malay Archipelago, Panama and other lands / by Malcolm Watson.

  • Watson, Sir, Malcolm, 1873-1955.
Date:
1915
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Credit: Rural sanitation in the tropics, being notes and observations in the Malay Archipelago, Panama and other lands / by Malcolm Watson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAG I Introductory ^ CHAPTER II BRITISH MALAYA History. Klang. Choice of Anti-malaria Method. Port Swettenham. Results. Rural Malaria. Malaria Easily Controlled in Flat Land. Hill Land. Persistence of Malaria. Subsoil Drainage and its Problems. The Area to be Drained. Stone Covering. Spleen Rates and Death-rates . . . • . • 3 CHAPTER III BRITISH MALAYA {continued) Malaria Advisory Board, Federated Malay States : its Objects. Malaria in Kuala Lumpur. Quinine. Pictorial Card. Research. Terentang Estate Experiment. The Anti- malaria Committee of the Straits Settlements. Malaria in Singapore. Rice Fields and Malaria. Water-supplies in the Federated Malay States. The Coast Water Scheme. Rules for Estate Sanitation. Beri-Beri . . .20 CHAPTER IV QUININE PROPHYLAXIS IN ITALY Distribution of Malaria in Italy. Economic Importance of the Disease. Its Connection with Swamps. Physical Conditions Favouring Malaria. Drainage Difficulties. Quinine. Council of Health . . . . .40