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CHAPTER7 : SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN CAMEROON DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE 1922-1946

3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

Health centers were founded in places like Victoria, Buea,Tiko ,Kumba,Mamfe and Bamenda.

  • The British send medical staff, doctors, drugs and medical Equipment to the hospital.
  • Common diseases treated were malaria, dysenty measles, tuberclusis and Fileria.
  • The British gave subsidies to the missionaries authority dispenteries.
  • The missionaries establish health centers in Buea, Bali,Victoria, Bafout and Nyasoso the welfare of the natives increased.
  • Infant mortality and death rate decreased leading to increase in life expentancy.
  • It health of workers was taking care of this increase product unity.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN FRENCH CAMEROON DURING THE MANDATE PERIOD

  • EDUCATION
  • The French opened primary schools in order to educate the natives. There were bth government and missions schools, government schools were opened in villages districts, urban centers.
  • Missionaries were also encouraged by the French government to open up schools. The catholique mission and American Adventist opened many schools.
  • Financial assistant was given to missionaries inorder to reduce their cost in education.
  • The French employed teach in the various Schools. The teachers were recruited from France and French equatorial Africa.
  • The French language was the only language. This was inorder to promote assimilation.
  • The subject taught in the school included; Arithmetic, Geography ,Sanitation.
  • The French also opened comissional schools in order to train workers for the French administration
  • A nursry school was opened in Ayos.
  • The French also opened special schools for the sons chiefs. The school train future chief to beter serve the French.
  • The French also provided agricultural schools in Ebolowa and Dschang.

EFFECT OF EDUCATION ON THE NATIVES

  • The rate of illiteracy reduced any native could read and write French.
  • Natives get employment, Natives were employed as teachers, security guards and contractors.
  • It led to an increase of standard of living. Natives who where employed and paid had better living standard.
  • Education led to force labor. Force labor was use to construct the schools.
  • It led to seizure of natives land.
  • The destruction of natives culture and tradition.
  • HEALTH
  • The French administration opened hospitals, health centers ; dispensaries in Yaoundé, Douala, Edea, Garoua.
  • The French administration brought in drugs alongside hospitals equipments.
  • The French also recruited medical doctors and nurses to work in the hospital eg; Eugine Jamot.
  • The French lunched complains against sleeping sickness, malaria and yellow fever.Mobile terms were setup for the campaign.
  • The French increased the health project missionaries for them to open centers.
  • The French increased the health project inorder to increase or extern health facilities.
  • The French setup schools to train up health personels for example a nursery school was extended in Ayos and a hurgine school in Douala.
  • It led to the fall in death rate I.e the rate of which people died from diseases decreased.
  • Many natives in French Cameroon had jobs. Some were recruited nurse,guard,cleaners.
  • The cause of drugs was higher some natives were able to buy drugs.
par Claude Foumtum


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CHAPTER7 : SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN CAMEROON DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE 1922-1946

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