The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-19
COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA CLEARED
 OF YELLOW FEVER
Rockefeller Foundation and the Peruvian Government Join in Work on the
 Pacific Coast
By Associated Press

Lima, Peru. March tS.-The cam paign conducted jointly by the Peruv- ian government and the Rockefeller Foundation, which has resulted in ridding the Pacific coast of South America from scourge of yellow fever was test of human endurance and also a battle against ignorance and opposition.
 Our chief obstacle said pr. Henry Honson, director of the International Health board. Twas the ignorance on the part of the public The inhabi- tants in general did not wish to ac- cept the diagnosis of yellow fever, saving that 1t was pernieous malaria with vomiting of blood. However, there was a sufficient number of medical men there who had seen yell low fever before and were satisfied as to the nature of the disease
 In one town the populace rose in arms against the enforced closing ot moving picture theatres and churches and mobbed the sanitary office in tending to kill the director in that district and stop the campaign. The men in the office escaped through hole in the roof of the building and lIOppS were tdileu out 10 enu the rlol.
 The epidemic continued severe m that place for Dr. Hanson withdrew an his sanitary forces to protect a section of the country where they were more needed.
 Magnitude of Campaign
 An idea of the magnitude of the campaign may be gained from the fact that Dr. Hansons assistants made more than S00,000 house visits and inspected more than 100000 water containers.
 After yellow fever was stamped out in Guayaquil In 1919. the disease stealthily spread to the northern provinces of Peru and in early 1920, pr. Henry R. Carter was sent to com bat it.. He believed he had it stop ped. but, instead. 1t had crept into the Department of Lambayeque.
 Upon learning of it's reappearance, the Rockefeller Foundation asked the Peruvian government if help was needed and President Leguia accepted their offer Dr. Hanson. who made name for himself in sanitary work in Panama, has directed the cam paign as joint project for the Foun- dation and for the Peruvian govern ment. each paying 90 per cent of the expenses. The outside world will lit- tie realize the tremendous piece Of work quietly carried on by this Amer ican doctor. who himself fell sick with the disease he was fighting.
 Tn January, 1921, the epidemic was officially recognized and the cam paign begun The disease became so firmly established that pr. Hanson and his corps of assistants could not check 1t until it had spread to 37 of the principal towns of the Depart ments of Lambayeque and Libertad.
 Dying By Hundreds
 The inhabitants were dying by the hundreds" said Dr. Hanson, "the death rate being between 25 and 6O per cent but it was a physical impos- sibility for us to attend the indiv- idual cases because of lack of per sonnel. Our job was ro prevent the spread of the epidemic.
 We organized our campaign on military basis continued Dr. Han son. "The job was so big that there was no other way to handle it. had about 300 employees, in addition to a detachment from the Peruvian army My American assistants have been Maj. l.. H. Dunn and Messrs. M' NJ. Seely, l. w Pickett and John r. Corrigan. Colonel Vergne of the French Army mission to Peru WAS very valuable adviser and helper in the campaign"