Rose reports on hookworm disease in Northern Neck, Virginia.

Rose reports on county dispensaries in Marion county, Mississippi and Alabama.

The diary includes notes on trips to England and Egypt; program of relief, control and prevention of Hookworm disease in Sri Lanka; notes on the malaria program, and notes on sanitation and hookworm disease in Malay and survey conditions in the Philippines.

Rose travels to the Federated Malay States to survey government and estate hospitals, and determine the present efforts to combat hookworm disease. The diary includes itinerary through the Philippine Islands.

The diary documents an interview regarding disease prevention in Turkey.

The diary documents a conference held with Senior Cabrera of Mexico to discuss cooperation with Rockefeller Foundation to help control Typhus Fever in Mexico.

In an interview with Goldsmith, he discusses his travels to South America as a representative of the Department of Education and Intercourse of the Carnegie Foundation for Peace to survey their local education and establish personal relations with leaders of public opinion.