Show HOOK WORM Report of Dr C W Stiles Sties of the Public Health and Marine Marne Ma ne Service Hospital Serce Washington March 25 Publications attributed to Dr C W V Stiles Stes of ot the thc th public health and marine m rino hospital ser ncr service vice on the hook worm disease In the th south which appeared a In Issue of the public health reports were raad r ad with great interest in view of the dis discussion discussion discussion on that subject su In the Senate yesterday The doctor tells of observations observations tons made in southern s Florida In three cotton coton mills mis In North Carolina and of ofa ofa ofa a visit to several cigar factories In Tampa Tampa Dr Siles visited eight schools In southern Florida and saw 1300 school schoolchildren children of whom he put down per percent percent percent cent as suspects The number so clas classified allIed Dr Stiles Stes says may be taken as asan asan asan an ultra conservative estimate of the number of these children who had hook hookworm hookon worm vorm on infection In lit II fact he adds ads on basis of per percent percent percent cent it i may be concluded d the infection is probably not less than 80 per cent At least five of the teachers in the schools visited showed clear and pro pronounced pronounCed flounced effects of hook worm Infection In three cotton coton mills mis In in which 22 people are employed the of hook worm wor suspects was |