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This  article  focuses  on   issues  of  alcohol  consumption,  disease  and  public health   in  British  North  Borneo   in   the  1920s  and  1930s,  a  colonial   territory along   the   periphery   of   empire.   Drawing   upon   a   range   of   sources   –   from reportage  and  memoranda,  to  local  folk  tales  and  oral  tradition  –  it  examines how   the   North   Borneo   Chartered   Company   administration   responded   to spiralling   population   decline   and   ill   health   amongst   indigenous   Murut communities.   Amidst   widespread   economic   stagnation,   the   company shunned  vital  public  health  infrastructure  and  medical  aid,  opting  instead  to govern   behaviour   and   condemn   alcohol   consumption.   This   article   shows how   the   company   perpetuated   racist   assumptions   concerning   ostensible alcohol  addiction  amongst  indigenous  communities.  It  further  suggests  that the  effects  of  Northern  European  and  American  temperance  and  prohibition movements   impacted   the   Bornean   tropics.   While   scholarly   attention   has been   paid   to   issues   of   alcohol,   disease   and   empire   in   the   tropics, historiography  has  overlooked  the  role  of  lax  colonial  governance  in  semi-­ autonomous,   atypical   colonial   spaces   such   as  British  North  Borneo.   This article  ultimately  serves  as  a  vital  corrective  by  showing  how  the  legacies  of commercial-­colonial   governance   remain   perceptible   in   Sabah   today,   a region  still  facing  major  socio-­economic  and  public  health  pressures  amidst the  ongoing  COVID-­19  pandemic.

“State of Intoxication:” Governing Alcohol and Disease in the Forests of British North Borneo