Sleeping Sickness 



the fly, and then sowed clean looking lemon-grass, 

 or left bare these formerly dangerous spots. 



But this is not all. In spite of natural diffi- 

 culties, they undertook the removal of natives 

 from contact with fly areas. Unfortunately, the 

 picturesque looking Sese Islands on the Victoria 

 Nyanza had to be depopulated for this purpose, and 

 nearly twelve thousand natives were removed to the 

 mainland, together with their cattle, sheep, and 

 goats. Six thousand people were also removed 

 from the Bavuma Islands to selected places upon 

 the mainland. The removal of people has also 

 taken place from the shores of Lake Albert and the 

 river Nile to certain locations set apart for them. 

 All stations and traffic routes have been extensively 

 cleared, and preventative measures enforced every- 

 where. The results have on the whole been verv 

 satisfactory. The return of deaths from the 

 Uganda kingdom, which has been regularly 

 ascertained, shows a decrease from 8,003 i^ 1905 

 to 925 in 1909. A fairly satisfactory decrease is 

 also shown in the return for the provinces of 

 Busoga and Unyoro ; but it has been impossible 

 to obtain authentic returns from the Nile province 

 hitherto. 



This insidious disease takes about three weeks 

 to develop, during which time it is attended at 

 nights by fever. After the first few months the 

 glands begin to swell, but the disease is of slow 

 growth unless it is an acute case, and in its ordinary 

 chronic form as long as a year may intervene 



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