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previous expeditions, Tiiis improving state of affairs 

 has been kept up all along the A Vest Coast. I 

 received (June 1909) the following communication 

 from the Chairman of the African Association upon 

 the present state of malaria amongst the employees of 

 the Association. 



In 1904, out of 9G employees 2 died and 5 were 

 invalided. In 1905, out of 91 employees 1 died and 

 3 were invalided. In 1906, out of 94 employees 1 died 

 and 5 were invalided. In 1907, out of 98 employees 

 1 died and 9 w^ere invalided. In 1908, out of 98 there 

 were no deaths and 4 were invalided. The employees 

 carry on their work in 35 different places over the 

 Gold Coast and Southern Nigeria. The chairman 

 adds : 



" You will no doubt find in these fioures satisfaction 

 with the result of the efforts of the School of Tropical 

 Medicine in improving the conditions of life in \Vest 

 Africa, particularly so w^ien I tell you that out of the 

 5 deaths recorded over the 5 years given, 3 of such 

 deaths were not due to the climate." 



The Secretary of the I^iverpool School of Tropical 

 Medicine has this month (July) received the following 

 letter from the Secretary of the African xVssociation : 



" I beg to hand you herewith cheque for £50, being 

 a supplementary Grant made to your School by the 

 Shareholders of this Company at their meeting on the 

 1st inst., in recognition of the fact that 1908 was the 

 first year in the history of the Company in which 

 there had not been a death in the whole of our Coast 

 Staff." 



