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CONCLUSION. 



The points which I wish to emphasize as a result of these investiga- 

 tions may he summarized as follows: 



Necator americanus is a common parasite in natives of the Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



This infection occasions a great loss of time to the Government 

 through illness of the enlisted men, principally from the Scout organ- 

 izations. 



There is an unnecessary increase of expense for medicines and hos- 

 pital supplies because of this condition. 



Every man infected with Uncinaria is a menace to his comrades and 

 a source of danger to the community in which he is stationed. 



Xo person suffering from uncinariasis, mild or severe, is capable of 

 performing his duty as efficiently as one who is free from this infection. 



Everyone suffering from uncinariasis, although it may be mild, is 

 more susceptible to other diseases and having contracted a complicating 

 disease, is more severely attacked because of his weakened condition and 

 also his period of illness is necessarily longer. 



Uncinariasis is a disease which yields readily to treatment, with little 

 danger and with positive results. If uncinariasis is as prevalent in the 

 Philippine Islands as the few examinations here reported would indicate, 

 then there is no way in which the systematic expenditure of a small 

 amount of monev will bring a greater return in health, happiness, effi- 

 ciency, and increased prosperity, than in its eradication. 



