DISEASES OF THE TROPICS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21690, 25 January 1936, Page 14

DISEASES OF THE TROPICS

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[THE PRESS Special Serttee,) ■'

AUCKLAND, January HjSj "Our object is to make it pnssibill for the white man to live "imfrjjPl in the tropics without injury health," said Mr E. B. de Go&3( trustee of the George wafeS Hooper Foundation, which &$&&& the work of the Pacific.lnstitute «fl Tropical Medicine. Mr de Golia rived by the Monterey, acwmp«tfiagj by his wife, to spend a houSjp New Zealand, and to confer njS various authorities on methods in|t research work and treatment, «*§{ will leave shortly by motor fat'S tour of the Dominion. i Ashes' The Hooper Foundation, Golia explained, was operate*'"2*: the University of California, .■jt" its headquarters in the CaliforSajtt Hospital Its general work lay equipping hospitals to attack problems of tropical diseases. T&Bk though often parallel to temperate zones, were usually *mm y times more virulent, absence of an inherent One of the features most dttßpegfj to deal with was the liability fr sist for many years, sufferer liable to dangerous ncral rentes. In their work, bodies had had great fgaiiP the London School of TwdfefllP Medicine. An indication of portance with which the pfrihfatt was regarded was the recent ftgfjp; tion of the American Foundattcoi: Tropical Medicine, whose body consisted of men very w known in public affairs, among flfSp Mr Francis Hart, president United Fruit Company, which 3ta|c already financed a large numberof! clinics in Central and Sfrflp America. , £.

Like many other leading cans, Mr de Golia has a large ber of interests. He is on the Francisco City Planning f-pffr sion, and on the Governor's adfm committee for the San Franc Oakland Bay bridge which, i finished, will have cost £IS,QQC and which, he stated, is expc to become free of debt wittW ; comparatively short time. His bud ness interests include an insurate firm, three steamship compantG! and two hotels. As a former jodi dent of the Californian Automojp Association and a member of jpt council of the national body, bks very interested in safety measurgt

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America's Accidents "One of the big problems wim we have to face in ths United Stag to-day," he said, "is the appalfig loss of,life through motor sodden There are motors of 'M f erent descriptions in . the Stafg and each year 36,000 people « killed and more than 1,000,010 f jured in motor accidents. 'Tfc causes are many, but the cJgp among them are lack of ntpj| regulations, too much liberty *1 young people to drive before tbi have acquired a sense of respoos bility, and laxity in the admihistnj tion of the law. In addition, || high speeds permitted on go§ roads, reckless cutting in, and dra ing under the influence of liqsp contribute to many accidents." _■'•s