Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-20
FIGHT HOOKWORM
MALL COUNTRIES
American Cash Back of Plan to
Externinate This Dread
Disease.

The campaign OF the Rockefeller
| Foundation against the hookworm
which has been successful in the
/ Southern States, has been extended
into a world wide undertaking, with 9
| view to putting this parasite to roui
wherever 1t has a foothold. 1t is IN
| tended that American money, there
fore, shall free all countries of this
disease.
The work in the Southern States
and Porto Rico was conducted by the
Rockefeller Sanitary Commission oil
the Foundation, in cooperation
with State and local authorities.
The new work is being done by
cooperation of the international
Health Commission, another branch
of the foundation; agencies of the
British government, and the govern
ments of Panama and Costa Rica.
Work is being conducted in the trop--
zeal and semi-tropical possessions OF
Great Britain.
Wickliffe Rose, director general OF
the international Health Commits
sion, has Just returned to Washington
from a trip around the world, In the
interest of this larger work in con-
junction with governmental agen-
cies.
In London, Mr.. Rose conferred with
Mr.. Harcourt, secretary OF state Tor
the colonies, concerning his visit 10
the British West indies and his con-
templated trip to the Orient. Inc ac-
tual work of combating the hook,
worm disease already is well started
in British Guiana, and in other por-
lions of the British West Indies.
In Egypt, MIR. Rose found Lore
Kitchener keenly interested in the
work and eager to have the co-operaT
ton of the commission in a SYSTEM
attic campaign against the hookWorm.
Mr.. Rose was received in the same
shirt by other government officials.
A statement issued by the commits
sion here says in part
Measures against hookworm DIS
case we're instituted in Egypt py the
medical missionaries fifteen or SIN
teen years ago, and more recently the
government has undertaken the work
in certain localities. Now that the
international commission on invita-
ton has agreed to lend it's eo-opera-
ton the work will begin on much
larger scale. The fight against the
disease will begin in the delta of the
Nile, where the disease is prevalent,
and of tremendous Importance in low
ering the vitality of the people.
"Journeying eastward, Mr.. Rose
visited Ceylon, Malaga and the Phil
ippine Islands, where he studied
the existence of the disease and con-
ferred with authorities concerning
measures for its control. Returning
by the Pacific route, he had oppor-
tiinity to procure information about
the existence of hookworm infection
in China, Japan and Corea.
"In British Guiana an extensive
campaign is being undertaken in the
Petershall district, which has been
divided into three sanitary districts
In one of those districts every person
has been examined for hookworm dis
ease. Exceeding so per cent. were
found to be infected"
The hookworm has been brought
under control in all communities in
the Southern States where a system
attic campaign has been conducted by
the sanitary commission, in co-opera--
ton with State authorities and local
boards of health. The disease has
beer eliminated from entire commune
ties, and a new lease on life given to
many thousands of persons.