Following his discharge from the Army Medical Corps in May 1919, Dr. Sawyer accepted a position with the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Division. His first assignment was to initiate and oversee a hookworm control campaign in eastern Australia. He and his family arrived there in August, settling in Brisbane. Sawyer traveled frequently for this job, and his letters home describe some of the unique features of Australia's geography, economy, and population. In this letter he added comments on the trouble caused by alcohol. (Sawyer was a non-drinker, and seems to have supported the alcohol prohibition campaign in America.). NOTE: The original document is written in pencil on thin paper, and as a result the image is difficult to read.
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