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few Indian villages, which have not provided them¬ 
selves with proper latrines, and in which people go 
barefoot. It is of great importance to a planter 
that he should know about this disease, as it may 
cause large numbers of his labourers to be unfit for 
work. But I think it may be effectively" guarded 
against. 
Lectures on tropical hygiene are given every" year 
at the hospital in Belize, about Christmas time, and 
everybody who can should attend a course. But 
at any time the medical officers of the colony will 
be glad to instruct and advise. As to the steps to 
be taken in any particular place, in order to render 
it healthy, the prevention of malaria and ankylos- 
toma is a matter of pecuniary importance to the 
employer of labour. The treatment of the diseases 
should, of course, always be entrusted to a medical 
man when possible; but an intelligent man, without 
medical training, may learn how to take the 
necessary steps for their prevention. 
