The future of successful settlement and development in Northern Australia is entirely dependent upon the control of certain tropical diseases endemic or likely to become endemic in the tropical environment. Prevailing environmental conditions will make the control of tropical disease difficult even in an enlightened white population. The existence of a substantial section of the […]
Notable changes in the incidence of disease in Northern Territory Aborigines
by C.E. COOK (1963) Abstract Few of the diseases which in the past century have scourged the native population of the Northern Territory were indigenous. Exotic infections introduced into areas where native society was intact disappeared under the inhibitory conditions created by the environment and native habit. Only when natives were concentrated into settlements without […]
Submission to Inquiry into the Health Services in the Northern Territory 1972
PREFATORY My purpose in tendering this submission is to draw the attention of the Board of Inquiry to what I believe to be certain fundamental requirements of the Medical and Hospital Service in the Northern Territory with which members may not be familiar, and the importance of which may not otherwise be brought to their […]
Cook – Fenton letters
2A Cattai Ridge RoadGLENORIE N.S.W. 215711 August 1971 Dr C.C. Fenton 42-78 Queens RoadMelbourne 3004 Dear Clyde, Your letter [not on Dr Cook’s file] only arrived this morning so I am answering it immediately in case the Postmaster-General subjects my reply to a similar delay. You have so phrased your letter as to suggest that you […]