Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Health Progress and Administration in the West Indies
This epitomised record of the Progress of Sanitation and Sanitary Administration in the West Indies is the outcome of a Visit which I paid to the West Indies at the request of the Right Hon. The Secretary of State for the Colonies to Barbados in March 1909, in order to investigate an epidemic of Yellow Fever which was present in the colony at the time. Whilst making investigations into the subject of yellow fever in Barbados, I was requested by the Governor of the Windward Islands, and the Governors of Trinidad and British Guiana, to prolong my stay and visit their respective territories, and to report upon the health conditions obtaining in these colonies. I gladly availed myself of the excellent Opportunities held out to me, and I trust that the narration of my experiences as described in the present volume will be of use, not only to the medical and business man, but also to the tourist who wishes either to reside in or to visit these beautiful colonies. I hope also that this work will serve as a small introduction to the history of yellow fever in the West Indies, and that it will encourage students to travel in order to investigate diseases on the spoti.
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