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ACCORDING to Dr. Rulx Léon, Under–Secretary of State in Charge of the Health Service and Public Assistance, a major concern of the Health Service of Haiti is the lack of adequate drinking–water facilities, which is particularly serious in the capital. During the past year, the Government created a public welfare organization which established several hospitals in different parts of the country. 31,202 cases of malaria were treated in hospitals and Government rural clinics. Dysentery and intestinal parasitism existed in endemic form. Outbreaks of measles, ringworm and influenza were quickly controlled. A mild epidemic of diphtheria broke out in the capital. The principal causes of death were tuberculosis, malaria, enteritis, syphilis and pneumonia. A total of 47,950 births and 12,907 deaths was recorded.
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Public Health in Haiti. Nature 148, 194 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148194d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/148194d0