He replied that if he were really going to compel people to clean up, it would be necessary to begin with the provincial governor, whose premises were in a bad state.

When I suggested that in my opinion the provincial governor would be the best possible man to begin with, the doctor evidently thought me crazy! It is as yet impossible for the average intelligent Filipino to understand that the rich and the poor, the powerful and the weak, should be treated alike.
It often happens that a province asks for an American health officer, or a Filipino demands the services of an American physician.

My invariable procedure in such cases has been to request that the application be made in writing.

For some mysterious reason the petitioners are seldom willing to go on record.
A short time since we had a strong demand from Iloilo for an American district health officer.

I made the usual suggestion and got a written request that there be sent to Iloilo a district health officer "after the style of the district health officer of Cebu." If Dr.Pond's nationality may be considered a part of his style, then this was a request for an American, otherwise not! With rather shocking frequency, Filipinos who must be examined for leprosy or some other dangerous communicable disease strongly insist that the examination be made by an American bacteriologist rather than by one of their own countrymen.
In connection with recent election troubles two men were wrongfully denounced as lepers.