Malarial prophylaxis in small isolated communities in central Africa / by R. Howard.

  • Howard, R.
Date:
1907
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    native villages; that by the employment of their knowledge and ingenuity Europeans can frequently avoid it; and that often the habitual sufferer from Malaria has only himself to blame. Whatever methods of prophylaxis are adopted on a station, the medical authority will have to explain the principles on which they are based, and then he must constantly insist on the import- ance of compliance with the necessary regulations. Persistence is generally rewarded, and, as definite improve- ment in the health record becomes apparent, indifference and incredulity gives way. The newcomer to Africa generally has an exaggerated fear of the danger of the climate, and is an apt pupil; and if sound anti-malarial habits are formed in him from the beginning, they become the natural accompaniment of his residence in Tropical Africa. SUMMARY showing improvement that has resulted prom measures taken directly with the intention of reducing the amount of Malaria. Divided into periods it will be seen that the rate per annum of Deaths, Invaliding, and Blackwater Fever are indicated in the Table. Average Number of Workers. Deaths, per 1,000. Invalided, per 1,000. Blackwater Fever, per 1,000. 1887-1890 T2-25 40-8 40-8 1891-1895 19-4 82-5 123 72 1896-1900 24-4 57-4 65 106-5 1901-1905 36-4 10-9 21-8 1 27-5 i It was during the last period that prophylactic measures were undertaken, and the number of deaths of persons invalided and of cases of Blackwater Fever are all seen to be enormously reduced.
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