1921. Dr. Andrew Balfour:  Sanitary Mission in Mauritius

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World War I had just ended. Governor Sir Henry Hesketh-Bell, KCMG (1916-1924) decided to deal with the critical sanitary conditions of the island. Malaria had become endemic since its outbreak in 1867. It remained a killing disease for the next hundred years. Once a holiday resort for British officers in India, the island became notoriously insalubrious, no longer a…

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