The development of modern medical and health services in the warri/delta province, Nigeria 1906-1960

To date medical history has remained a neglected aspect of Nigeria's social
history. Only few historical works on other subjects in Nigeria, as in the area of
study, make cursory remarks on health issues.1 In fact no trained historian has
written a detailed medical history ofNigeria or any part ofit.
Existing works on the development of modem medicine in Nigeria consist of
studies by specialists in the medical profession. They include the works of R. Schram
and A. Adeloye as well as a great number of journal articles on various tropical
diseases. 2 Social Scientists and other scholars have only started recently to assemble
articles on a wide range of health issues on Africa with very few on Nigeria.