Malaria in inter-war British India.
British India was an important site of much important malaria research. Although Ronald Ross left India in 1899, a number of malariologists continued the task of evaluating the incidence and distribution of malaria in the country. Implementing practical solutions was hampered by formidable social and economic problems. This paper examines the Indian situation in the late 1920s, through a retrospective selection of writings chosen by J.A. Sinton for reproduction in an early issue of 'The records of the malaria survey of India', and the analysis of the Indian malaria situation through a visit of the League of Nations Malaria Commission in 1929.
Bynum
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Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK. w.bynum@wellcome.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000266:history; D012106:Research / Q000266:history; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014480:United Nations / Q000266:history