History Research

Volume 3, Issue 6, November 2015

  • Malaria and Sanitation in Colonial Lagos: A Historical Appraisal

    Adetiba Adedamola Seun

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6, November 2015
    Pages: 65-71
    Received: Jul. 11, 2015
    Accepted: Oct. 19, 2015
    Published: Dec. 10, 2015
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    Abstract: The endemic and devastating nature of malarial fever in Africa in the later end of the nineteenth century is worthy of examination for a number of reasons. First is the fact that the ailment as it adversely affected the colonization process in most British territories in West Africa influenced highly pragmatic policies from the government and the i... Show More