531 
grains;  and  over  twelve,  5  grains.  In  certain  cases  of  immature  or 
undersized  children,  the  dose  would  have  to  be  lessened,  and  this 
would  be  determined  by  the  Medical  Officer.  It  is  a  question  rather 
of  bulk  than  of  age. 
In  the  case  of  coolie  children  not  attending  school,  the 
administration  would  be  supervised  by  the  ‘  busha  ’  at  the  same  time 
as  the  morning  administration  to  the  adult  male  and  female  coolies. 
As  to  the  form,  it  is  probable  that  chocolate  comfits  as  issued  by 
the  Italian  Government  will  be  found  most  palatable  and  most 
readily  taken  by  children. 
(d)  General  Population 
Here  the  question  is  more  difficult.  We  cannot  force  them  to 
take  it  but  we  can  place  them  in  the  way  of  getting  it  readily,  and  [ 
experience  elsewhere  has  shown,  that  the  lower  classes  very  soon  ! 
learn  to  appreciate  the  beneficial  results  of  the  quinine,  and  apply 
for  it  freely. 
There  are  three  points  which  experience  has  taught  must  be 
insisted  on:  — 
I  st.  That  it  should  be  given  gratuitously ; 
2nd.  That  it  must  be  brought  directly  to  the  notice  of  the 
people ; 
5rd.  It  must  be  given  in  sufficient  quantity. 
I.  With  reference  to  the  first,  I  quite  expect  that  the  objection  of 
‘  pauperising  ’  the  people  will  be  raised.  But  the  people  are  already  : 
pauperised  by  malaria.  No  man  (nor  woman)  can  work  well  with  ' 
his  blood  thinned  by  malaria,  and  an  anaemic  pigment-clogged  brain.  !  i 
I  visited  a  large  number  of  the  peasant  dwellings  of  Jamaica,  and  it 
seemed  to  me  that  there  was  a  very  large  amount  of  real  poverty  in  the  | 
Island.  Though  the  people  might  have  enough  to  eat,  of  the  plainest  "  ■ 
and  most  monotonous  description,  there  appeared  to  be  little  hard  ■ 
cash,  and  this  view  was  corroborated  by  clergymen  and  others.  | 
I  must  confess  to  having  felt  a  great  sympathy  with  those  unfortunate  ' 
people  in  the  ‘bush,’  more  especially  the  women  and  children,  and  j 
a  great  admiration  for  the  patient,  cheerful,  philosophic  way  in  which 
they  endured  their  illnesses.  There  was  an  uncomplaining  fatalism 
about  them  which  was  most  pathetic.  They  looked  upon  their  ills 
! 
I 
