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housed and medically cared for ; they have good 

 hospitals, Mliere they are promptly treated, and regu- 

 lations have been framed for their protection. The 

 following extract from a circular issued by C. J. Cox, 

 Colonial Secretary, British Guiana, shows that good 

 work is being done : 



*' I am directed by the Governor to inform you that 

 in connection with the efforts which have been made 

 by the Government to stamp out Ankylostome infection 

 among East Indian immigrants, it has been found that 

 upon those sugar estates where suitable latrine accom- 

 modation has been pro\ided, and where efforts have 

 been made to prevent the resident population from 

 defalcating elsewhere, there has been a marked im- 

 provement in health conditions." i 



But it is to the Philippines under American rule 

 that we must turn for examples of the most extensive 

 safeguarding measures. 



THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANKYLOSTOMIASIS OR 

 UNCINARIASIS IN FORTO RICO 



The permanent commission appointed by the United 

 States to study and institute measures for the prevention 

 and cure of anaemia in Porto Rico has recently issued 

 a report. 



" The campaign commenced in 1 906-7 ; 35 stations 

 for treatment were established in the island, and a 

 total number of 89,233 patients were treated. The 

 population of the island is 800,000, scattered over an 

 area of 3,306 square miles. It was calculated that 



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