From the Archives: Anti-Hookworm Campaign.

His Excellency Lord Ronaldshay addressed this morning [November 28, in Calcutta] the Special Committee of the Sanitary Board constituted to advise measures against hookworm disease. In the course of his address the Governor said that he had been struck with the extreme inadequacy of the machinery which they possessed for dealing with the vast and vital question of public health. It seemed to him that they should possess in each district a public health organisation. The first step in this direction must necessarily be the appointment in each district of a properly qualified Health Officer. Continuing, His Excellency said: I have decided to ask the local self-governing bodies follow the example set by the District Board of Burdwan and to appoint after a specified date fully qualified health officers for their districts. This brings to the fore the question of the training of young medical men in sanitation and hygiene. Calcutta ought most assuredly to have a first rate school of hygiene and we are taking steps to see that her requirements in this respect are no longer neglected.