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January 9, 1909, Vol LII, No. 2 >
ARTICLE | January 9, 1909

SANITATION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS SINCE AMERICAN OCCUPATION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO REDUCTION IN MORTALITY BY ELIMINATION OF INTESTINAL PARASITES, ESPECIALLY UNCINARIA

VICTOR G. HEISER, M.D.
JAMA. 1909;LII(2):97-99. doi:10.1001/jama.1909.25420280011002a.
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In response to the kind invitation of the Association to prepare a paper on tropical sanitation, it was not considered amiss to give a brief description of the work which has been done in the Philippine Islands, in order that the profession at home may be in a position to judge whether the same high standard achieved in Cuba and Panama and other American tropical possessions nearer home has been reached there.

The Philippine Islands are so far away from the United States and it so frequently happens that conditions there are not known that I will take the liberty of giving a brief description of the islands as they appeared at the time the United States took possession of them.

GEOGRAPHY OF THE ISLANDS  The group is composed of about three thousand islands and extends from 21° 25' latitude to 4° 45' latitude, and from 116° to 127° longitude,

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