I remember on an autumn evening in 1919, the wind in chilling gusts blowing ripples of rain across the gloomy street. The depressing scene seemed to accord with the mood of passers-by whose eyes reflected sorrow apprehension. Spanish Influenza was epidemic in the city and in the public view, had achieved the proportions of a […]
The Requirements of Health Administration in North Australia – 1929 [EN 3/29)
Report to the Federal Health Council A combination of diverse factors complicates health administration and the provision of medical services in Northern Australia. In the Southern States, the functions of health administration are mainly concerned with the sanitation of a white community of relatively high density living in an environment not greatly dissimilar in climatic […]
Northern Territory Medical Service – 1951
The Northern Territory Medical Service was established in 1928 to provide effectual machinery to control and eliminate endemic tropical disease from Northern Australia and to ensure that the area might be maintained as one suitable for permanent occupation by a healthy and prosperous white community. Fundamental to its organisation were two basic principles of policy, […]
Current standards in the control of communicable diseases – 1954
The Director-General of Health Hygiene – Northern Territory In the course of my recent itinerary through the Northern Territory, I made a cursory enquiry into the current standards in the control of communicable diseases. The following observations are submitted to indicate desirable improvements in prophylactic routine. I should like, at the outset, to emphasise that […]
NHMRC Poliomyelitis Committee report Feb 1952
NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL POLIOMYELYTIS COMMITTEE The Committee met in Adelaide at 2pm, Monday February 4th 1952, the Sessions closing at 5pm Friday 8th February NOTE: This abbreviated report of the NHMRC Poliomyelitis Committee’s first meeting, is to present its Scope of Study and Responsibility. As Chairman, Dr Cook took a strong stand […]
Health Problems of the Northern Territory
A paper read by Dr. C.E. Cook before the Australian Academy of Science, Brisbane, 25th May, 1956. In general, the health problems of the Northern Territory are those of the rest of northern Australia, but her they acquire special features owing to the unusual structure of the population. The problems themselves derive from: The tropical […]