GB 0120 GC/195 - Ashton, Dr L. P.: report on smallpox epidemic in Nyanza Province, Kenya, 1945

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GB 0120 GC/195 1945 Collection (fonds) 1 file, 1 packet Ashton , Leigh Perry , 1908-2000 , medical missionary

Dr Leigh Perry Ashton (b 1908) qualified in medicine at Bristol in 1931 and worked as a medical missionary in Kenya from 1934 until 1964, apart from Second World War service with the King's African Rifles. In September 1945 he was Medical Officer at Maseno Church Missionary Society Hospital in western Kenya, where he treated 244 cases of smallpox in three months. This report records his observations and conclusions.

This material was given to the Wellcome Library in September 1996 by Dr. Ashton via his daughter, Ms Ruth Ashton.

Report on smallpox epidemic in Nyanza Province, autumn 1945, 'Review of variola major epidemic in Nyanza Province, Kenya', by Dr Ashton of the Church Missionary Society Hospital, Maseno, with 12 photographs of patients.

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Feb 2009 Patient care management Delivery of health care Political doctrines Imperialism Colonialism Tropical diseases Pathology Diseases Infectious diseases Smallpox Health Health policy Epidemiology Religious groups Missionaries Medical missionaries Health services administration Public administration Government Ashton , Leigh Perry , 1908-2000 , medical missionary Kenya East Africa

This material was given to the Wellcome Library in September 1996 by Dr. Ashton via his daughter, Ms Ruth Ashton.

Report on smallpox epidemic in Nyanza Province, autumn 1945, 'Review of variola major epidemic in Nyanza Province, Kenya', by Dr Ashton of the Church Missionary Society Hospital, Maseno, with 12 photographs of patients.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English