( 5 ) . 
White children should not stop out after they are 
6 years old, by that' time most of them are thin and 
anaemic. 
The various tissues lose to a certain extent their 
power of resistance and recuperation and diseases are 
more easily contracted and more slowly recovered from, 
that would be the case under similar circumstances' but 
in a cooler climate. 
It is truly said that Malaya is a good country for 
those in robust health but a bad country for those run 
down or diseased. 
As in most tropical countries the alimentary system 
is more sensitive than is the case in cooler climates and 
indigestion, “liver ” and diarrhoea are easily set up by 
chills or errors in diet. 
The climate is favourable for respiratory diseases 
other than tuberculosis and for rheumatic and gouty 
affections. 
Active tuberculosis cases do badly but cases of 
arrested disease sometimes do well. On the whole 
Malaya cannot be recommended for those inclined to 
tuberculosis. 
The Organization for the Promotion of Hygiene. 
The organization for the promotion of hygiene in 
Malaya is partly general, partly local. 
The general organization is the Government 
Medical Service whose officers are available for duty 
in any part of the country. At present the Medical 
Service of the Straits is distinct from that of the 
Federated Malay States and Unfederated Malay States 
