Medical disorders in East Africa

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Abstract
A comparison of the diseases common among the European and African members of the East African Command indicates that although both groups suffered much from malaria, dysentery, enteritis, and respiratory infections, the Europeans were more markedly susceptible to dengue and typhus fever and the native troops to schistosomiasis, relapsing fever, leprosy, and yaws. Meningitis, small pox, chicken pox, and mumps were almost entirely confined to the natives. A brief survey of the incidence of 15 of the more common diseases is given in table form. Suggestions for research on a coordinated basis are stressed.

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