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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1919
Page
1
A Sydney woman Miss Ruby Cooper credits Elliott's Beef Iron and Malted Wine with restoring her nerves after wartime stress and nervous breakdowns. The ad claims quick sleep improvement and renewed energy, urging others with general debility to try the tonic sold for 3d or 5d per bottle.
Notes detail visits to Mossman and Port Douglas following Kuranda’s arrival, with dates in February and mentions of upcoming activities. Included are letters and testimonials about medical treatments and local notices from 1917 1918 era.
Dr Waite summarizes the Queensland hookworm campaign as detailed in the Medical Journal of Australasia. The program funds the study of infection, sanitation, and control across coastal and inland districts, with surveys in Cairns, Townsville, Cooktown, Douglas and Cardwell shires and planned repeated visits for treatment and sanitation efforts.
A scanned issue highlights laundry correspondence and The Worlds News by Cable and Teagan with town and tropical interest. It includes sporting summaries, industrial notes, deaths in the magazine section, and illustrations from Cairns and Port Douglas. Featured items cover a pulp mill, power source, and local sketches.
A comprehensive anti hookworm campaign covered cane towns and shire districts with cane inspectors and sanitary staff guiding residents. Dr Brevil Dr Harris and others conducted population surveys, distributed protective stools with names, and promoted inexpensive sanitation to cut transmission. Results show infection rates vary by district, with higher rates among Indigenous communities and aboriginals, while treatment used chenopodium guided by patient conditions.
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