No other humanitarian organization, private or public, can compare with the Rockefeller Foundation in the extent and thoroughness of its activities. Last year it spent $9,113,730 through its International Health Board, China Medical Board, Division of Medical Education, Division of Studies. Its remedial work covered the world.
This week its President, George E. Vincent, preparing to print his 1925 report, briefs the Foundation's activities: 1) Hookworm—aided 18 governments, treated nearly 1,500,000 victims, erected or rebuilt thousands of latrines. 2) Rural health—aided 220 U. S. counties, 18 districts in Brazil, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria and France. 3) Yellow Fever—eliminated it through both Americas (only three cases in the year). 4) Malaria—proved that paris green prevents breeding of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. 5) Medical Education—gave money to U. S. universities or schools at Toronto, London, Copenhagen, Prague, Warsaw, Belgrade, Zagreb, Budapest, Trinidad, Sao Paolo, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Brussels, Utrecht, Strasbourg, Beirut, Singapore, Bankok, Montreal, Peking. 6) Nursing—help to training schools in U. S., China, Brazil, France, Jugoslavia and Poland. 7) Biology—aid to Johns Hopkins, Yale, Iowa State. 8) Fellowships— to 842 men and women from 44 different countries. 9) League of Nations—traveling expenses of 128 health officers from 58 nations studying away from home; aid to League's information service on communicable diseases. 10) Surveys—of health conditions, medical education, nursing, biology, anthropology in 34 countries. 11) Experts—staff members loaned for instruction in foreign countries.