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West African Yellow Fever Commission Yaba,Lagos: Image is showing the Tennis Court, Store House, Animal House, Laboratory and Administration Office.

In May 1903, an outbreak of yellow fever threatened the tranquility of Colonial Lagos; cases were reported up to the end of Image
the year, with a total number of 38 cases, of which 10 had a fatal termination.

During 1913, some 29 cases of yellow fever were notified in Lagos. The first person infected was a European, who had arrived two days before from Abeokuta, where, however, the presence of the disease
had not been previously recorded.

According to the Annual Report of 1914 of the Governor- General of Nigeria, all the cases of yellow fever reported during the year were Europeans, no attacks coming under observation among the native population.
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