Hookworm Infection in Foreign Countries (Classic Reprint)

The.commission has undertaken to get information on hookworm disease in foreign countries. A letter was pre pared asking for information on: I, whether or not the country has been found infected; 2, the geographic distri bution of the infection within the country; 3, an approxi mate estimate of the degree of infection; 4, whether the infection is surface or mine infection; 5, what is being done by private or public agencies to eradicate or relieve it. Through the good offices of the late Surgeon General Wy man this letter was sent out by the Department of State with a covering letter as an official inquiry to American representatives in all foreign countries. This was followed by correspondence with physicians and public health au thorities in these countries; these reports were supple mented by reference to the voluminous literature of the subject on file in the library of the Surgeon General's Office, U. S. Army. The information thus gained is here sum marized. The geographic distribution of the infection is exhibited on maps I to 6.

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