Assistant Lecturer, Department of History, Dar es Salaam University College of Education
Online published on 21 November, 2013.
This paper examines the history of malaria and its control in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania during the Germany colonial period. The paper assumes that the spread of malaria results from socio-economic, biological, historical and natural phenomenon. It is historically instigated by the outstanding mode of production, social, cultural and political structure of the society. The paper used an historical approach in examining the change of malaria and successes of the control measures taken by the German officials.
Data were collected through primary and secondary sources. These were obtained by using library and archival sources. The paper has shown that there was an increase of malaria cases between 1890 and 1919 as compared to the previous period due to the expansion of German economic activities that changed the area of Dar es Salaam into town. This situation led to the influx of people that created slums. Medical policies on preventive and curative measures were ineffective because of lack of funds, colonial segregation and ecological changes.
