Report on the Work of the Greek Antimalaria League During the Year 1907
1908; Maney Publishing; Volume: 2; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00034983.1908.11684878
ISSN1364-8594
AutoresM. Hadjimichalis, J. P. Cardamatis,
Tópico(s)Malaria Research and Control
ResumoIGreece takes rank among those countries wliich are the most infested by malaria.This plague existed here even in the remotest periods of antiquity, and Hippocrates, the father of medicine, not only mentions in his works all the various forms of the disease, but he also was aware of its connection with marshes, and of the influence of certain meteorological conditions, especially the frequency of rain, upon its development.We know that malaria has always existed in Greece since that time, and Professor Ross is certainly correct in attributing to a great extent the cause of her misfortunes, to this dreadful scourge.Official statistical information, concerning this disease, exists only for the last nine years, and is limited to the 12 largest towns of Greece, with a population of over 10,000 inhabitants each, or a total of 446,743 souls.According to these statistics (Table A) it is shewn that the average annual number of deaths from malaria, in the 12 towns referred to, is 287 or 9-8 per 10,000 inhabitants.The first place, as regards the number of deaths, is held by Volo, m Thessaly (21-89 I0,ooo); next in order follow Pyrgos, in the Peloponnesus (19-48), Larissa (17) and Triccala, in Thessaly.(1472)and Calamata, in the Peloponnesus (i 3*38).It must, however, be observed, that these figures do not give an exact idea of the prevalence of malaria throughout the country, as K
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