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Show Splendid Work in AfricaThe AfricaThe Africa AfricaThe The medical missionaries of ot West Af At AfrIca Atrica Atrica rIca hive hwe brought about a decided 1m im 1mprovement improvement 1mprovement prove-ment prove ment provement - in the condition of the na- na natlvec natives na natives - - tives tlvec : , particularly as concerns sleep sleepIng sleeping sleepIng Ing sickness and leprosy . Government Governmentofficials Governmentofllclals Governmentofficials officials ofllclals hn\ hn has hne ha \ e a made tests and reported reportedthat reportedthat reportedthat that the percentage of the entire pop populatIon populatlon population ulatIon ulatlon having baving sleeping sickness sichuess Virus Virusclrcuhtlng viruscirculating viruscirculiting clrcuhtlng circulating in their blood has been rc re r reduced rcduced ( > > duced to 26 per cent , and that the thepercentage thepercentige ! percent'1ge percent1ge percentage ' of ot new cased cases case In the enUre entire enUrepopuhtlon entirepopulation entirepopulition popuhtlon population has been reduced to 135per 135 135per 135per per cent . . The conclusion is that while whilethe whilethe whilethe the disease Is not yet completely completelystamped completelystamped completelystamped stamped out , it Is no longer epidemieThe epidemic epidemie epidemic.The epidemicThe . . The s ' 'I I ugorous igorous orous measures of gO\ gO gos gOernment governmentand \ ernment ernmentand ernmentand and missionaries have sived s\ved s ved sired ' \ v111ages villages v111agesand villagesand villagesand and tribes from pnctical pr'lctIcal prlctIcal practical ' e\termlna- e termlna e\termina- termina eterminatlon e \ ' termina- termina termination - - tlon tion tlono o 0 |