_- 10.1.1, li/:|- I: ; /.:; Y Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report 1924 The Rockefeller Foundation 61 Broadway, New York © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation .1 A>l t l-i .I'D cut AO i! M u n A;jinr.'! Y>l AH If I I >{>!<) Y W -I l/i 37?. 3 Printed in U. S. A. © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation 2231 CONTENTS PAGE PRESIDENT'S REVIEW 1 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 59 REPORT OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH BOARD 71 REPORT OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE CHINA MEDICAL BOARD 245 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF MEDICAL EDUCA- TION 317 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF STUDIES 339 REPORT OF THE TREASURER 353 © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Map of world-wide activities of the Rockefeller Foundation..» 4-5 Out-patient department and public health clinic of Dalhousie University 21 Corner in chemistry laboratory of Nankai University, China 21 Nurses on duty in the Philippine Islands 22 Japanese medical scientists at Peking Union Medical College 22 Fellowships for thirty-three countries SI Staff of yellow fever control unit at Parahyba, Brazil 87 Types of earthenware jars used as water containers in Bahia, Brazil 88 Using a flashlight to detect larvae of the yellow fever mosquito... 88 Yellow fever in retreat from the western hemisphere 91 Number of doctors using the central and branch laboratories of the Alabama State Board of Health 9S Number of examinations made by central and branch public health laboratories in Alabama 96 Sources of funds for the support of county health departments in Alabama 99 County health departments at the close of 1924 101 Exhibit of Houston County Health Unit at the Southeast Ala- bama Fair 102 Yellow fever staff on inspection trip to interior of State of Bahia, Brazil " 102 Average appropriations for health work by Missouri counties having full-time health departments " 105 Number of pit privies installed by the Houston County (Alabama) Health Department 112 Health conference for infants and children of preschool age, Ken- tucky 113 Staff of the Department of Uncinariasis, Panama 114 Float in health procession, San Jose, Costa Rica 114 Students in training for positions on the staff of the hookworm cam- paign in Siam 121 Distribution of drinking water in the Port of Amapala, Honduras.. 122 Scene from children's health play, Czechoslovakia 122 Group of villagers in India, waiting to look into microscope 131 Collecting malaria mosquitoes 131 Large circular pila in Salvador 132 Director of hookworm campaign and his staff, Paraguay 132 Map of Mexico showing areas in which hookworm infection reaches a degree of intensity sufficient to produce clinical symptoms 136 vii © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation Vlll THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION PAGE Intensity of hookworm infection in the hookworm area of Mexico, by age and sex 139 Number of tuberculosis dispensaries in operation in France, by departments, 1918 to 1924 .• 147 Tuberculosis dispensaries in operation in France on December 31, 1918 148 Tuberculosis dispensaries in operation in France on December 31, 1924 149 Malaria cases per thousand population reported by physicians in Yazoo County, Mississippi 154 Reduction in the number of cases of malaria per thousand popula- tion in Yazoo County and the seven adjoining counties 156 Architect's projection of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 167 Examination in practical nursing in the School of Nursing of the National Department of Health of Brazil 168 Class in the School of Nursing of the National Department of Health of Brazil 168 Reduction of the number of cases of malaria in three counties of North Carolina 185 Folding field microscope, used for the identification of mosquito larvae in the field 189 Identifying the larvae of Anopheles mosquitoes by means of a portable microscope 189 Fourth and fifth abdominal segments of mature larvae of the three common anopheline mosquitoes of the Southern United States 190 Dorsum of head and anterior thorax of mature larvae of the three common anopheline mosquitoes of the Southern United States 190 Rates of Infection in the seven main soil provinces of Alabama 195 Class in biology. Summer Institute for Science Teaching, Tsing Hua College, Peking, 1924 257 Nursing staff, Peking Union Medical College, on way to auditorium 258 Part of graduating classes, 1924, Peking Union Medical College.... 258 Male surgical ward, Peking Union Medical College 263 Staff and graduate students, course in ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College 263 Hunan-Yale College of Medicine 264 Science hall, University of Nanking 269 Section of physics laboratory, University of Nanking 269 New science building, Nankai University, Tientsin 270 Physics laboratory, Soochow University 275 Science hall, Soochow University 275 © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation ILLUSTRATIONS IX PAGE Botanical laboratory, Soochow University 276 Class in general biology, St. John's University 281 Physics class, St. John's University 281 General chemistry laboratory, St. John's University 282 Science hall, Shanghai College 282 Operating rooms with sterilizing room, Fenchow Hospital 291 Woman's ward, Fenchow Hospital 291 Fenchow Hospital 292 Science building, Ginling College, Nanking 292 Huchow Union Hospital 29S Hospital of the Southern Presbyterian Mission at Hsuchowfu 296 Interior of kala-azar laboratory, Southern Presbyterian Mission, Hsuchowfu 296 Huchow Union Hospital floor plans 311-314 Typical pages of the first series of "Methods and Problems of Medical Education" 329 Laboratory of Pathological Histology, Pathological Institute, McGill University 330 New medical ward of the Royal Medical College, Bangkok, Siam.,. 330 New laboratory of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts .* 345 Detail of the main entrance of the new laboratory of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 346 © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION OFFICERS, MEMBERS, AND COMMITTEES 1924 Members JOHN G. AGAR WICKLIFFE ROSE WALLACE BUTTRICK JULIUS ROSENWALD JOHN W. DAVIS MARTIN A. RYERSON SIMON FLEXNER FREDERICK STRAUSS RAYMOND B. FOSDICK GEORGE E. VINCENT VERNON KELLOGG WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. RAY LYMAN WILBUR Executive Committee GEORGE E. VINCENT, Chairman WALLACE BUTTRICK VERNON KELLOGG RAYMOND B, FOSDICK WICKLIFFE ROSE EDWIN R. EMBREE, Secretary Finance Committee JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR., Chairman RAYMOND B. FOSDICK FREDERICK STRAUSS Chairman of the Board of Trustees JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. President GEORGE E. VINCENT Secretary EDWIN R. EMBREE Treasurer LOUIS GUERINEAU MYERS to Comptroller ROBERT H. KIRK General Director of tlit International Health Board FREDERICK F. RUSSELL Director of the China Medical Board ROGER S. GREENE Director of the Division of Medical Education RICHARD M. PEARCE Director of tlie Division of Studies EDWIN R. EMBREE x © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION OFFICERS, MEMBERS, AND COMMITTEES I92S Members JOHN G. AGAR WICKLIFFE ROSE WALLACE BUTTRICK JULIUS ROSENWALD JOHN W. DAVIS MARTIN A. RYERSON SIMON FLEXNER FREDERICK STRAUSS RAYMOND B. FOSDICK GEORGE E. VINCENT VERNON KELLOGG WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. RAY LYMAN WILBUR Executive Committee GEORGE E. VINCENT, Chairman WALLACE BUTTRICK VERNON KELLOGG RAYMOND B. FOSDICK WICKLIFFE ROSE NORMA S. THOMPSON, Secretary Finance Committft JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR., Chairman RAYMOND B. FOSDICK FREDERICK STRAUSS Chairman of the Board of Trustees JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. President GEORGE E. VINCENT Secretary NORMA S. THOMPSON Treasurer LOUIS GUERINEAU MYERS Comptroller ROBERT H. KIRK * General Director of the International Health Board FREDERICK F. RUSSELL General Director of the China Medical Board ROGER S. GREENE Director of the Division of Medical Education RICHARD M. PEARCE Director of ihe Division of Studies EDWIN R. EMBREE »Died November 24,1925. xi © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation TOE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION President's Review © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation To the Members of the Rockefeller Foundation: Gentlemen: I have the honor to transmit herewith a gen- eral review of the work of the Rockefeller Founda- tion for the period January 1? 1924, to Decem- ber 31, 1924, together with the detailed reports of the Secretary and the Treasurer of the Foun- dation, the General Director of the International Health Board, the General Director^of the China Medical Board, the Director of the Division of Medical Education, and the Director of the Division of Studies. Respectfully yours, GEORGE E. VINCENT, President. © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation . AMERIC • Hookworm Control or Surrey O Malaria Work Yellow Fever Control © Count? Health Work Public Health Education Other Pnbfic Health Worfe Tabercolosis Pratentiott fellowships Granted Fig. 1.—Map of World-wide Activi © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation INDIAN OCEAN Medical School Supported in Full i Medical Schools Aided Ptemedical schools Aided Hospitals Aided. Visiting Commissions Entertained 'Aid to Biological Sciences Shaded area indicates countries la Which emergency aid to medical schools was fumish^J Rockefeller Foundation in 1924 © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation © 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation PRESIDENT'S REVIEW The Year in Brief During the year 1924 the International Health Board, the China Medical Board, the Division of Medical Education, and the Division of Studies of the Rockefeller Foundation (1) under- wrote to the amount of $3 50,000 a plan for