On the Geographical Distribution of Tropical Diseases in Africa
On the Geographical Distribution of Tropical Diseases in Africa
R W Felkin
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The rainfall in these districts is the same as that upon the coast, the smallest precipitation being near Blantyre, with an average amount of 58 inches, and increasing to 200 inches in the north. The east coast of Africa is undoubtedly very unhealthy, and on the coast, and with few exceptions in the interior, emigrants from the temperate zone cannot thrive. Practically, the Shire highlands, the slopes of Kilimanjaro and the dis- tricts to the north-west of that mountain are the only two areas i...n which it is possible to think of white races colonising. The diseases which do not occur on the east coast are scarlet fever, phthisis, and goitre, nor is cancer met with. Whoop- ing-cough is occasionally known; hepatitis and tropical abscesses of the liver are less frequently met with than might be expected ; measles are very rare, although one or two serious epidemics have occurred in the southern part of the district under consideration. Both the anesthetic and tubercular forms of leprosy are occasionally met with.
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