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Cotton and plague in Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. H. E. Hopkins
G. H. E. Hopkins
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Various authors have stated that the plague problem in Uganda is intimately connected with the cotton industry. Thornton sums up their statements: “as at present conducted the industry is a peril to other countries and to the peasants of Uganda themselves on account of plague”. The evidence given in support of these statements is vague and unconvincing and Roberts has investigated the question and come to an entirely different conclusion.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , March 1938 , pp. 233 - 247
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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