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Social History of Medicine 2000 13(1):87-110; doi:10.1093/shm/13.1.87
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The Ceylon Malaria Epidemic of 1934–35: A Case Study in Colonial Medicine

MARGARET JONES*

*Margaret Jones, Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol 13–15 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB, UK

In 1934–35 Ceylon suffered a major malaria epidemic which affected one and a half million people out of a population of five and a half million This paper will first examine the origins and course of the epidemic but the main focus is on the measures the authorities adopted to deal with the disaster In 1931 Ceylon had attained ‘home rule’ under of the Donoughmore Constitution The epidemic was a first and major test of the efficacy of the new government Examining the responses of the imperial government, the colonial government and the colonial medical services to this medical emergency establishes that the epidemic was a turning point in the health services of Ceylon and thus Sri Lanka, that the legacy of colonial medicine is essentially mixed and that the complexity and contradictory nature of colonial medicine can only be understood by detailed contextual research.

Keywords: Ceylon; malaria; famine; relief; imperial; Colonial Office; health services


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