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Summary 

 Bibliography 



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The Oroville Campaign ... . . 116 



Dailv notes from Field Agent Bairos' report ; progress in second 

 year. 



The Preliminary Survey . . . • • • .124 



Success of campaign depends on a proper preliminary survey 

 with wise recommendations at the start ; the Los Molinos pro- 

 ject ; prevalence of malaria ; prevalence of mosquitoes ; con- 

 clusion ; recommendations and suggestions ; regulations concerning 

 the use of irrigation water; extracts from Field Agent Gray's 

 field notes. 



The Field Agent or Inspector . . • • • '39 



Expenses Involved — Raising Funds . . . • .140 



Sufficient funds must be at hand to begin a properly organized 

 crusade ; average minimum cost of protection about 75 cents a day 

 per square mile of protection ; tabular account of monthly ex- 

 penses ; more economical to do permanent work. 



When to Begin the Work and when to Close . . • H5 



Legislation . . . . • • • • • . 1 40 



Health of Rural School Children . . . • • I 5 I 



Malaria chief cause of absences in many districts ; absences in 



one school reduced by 45 per cent in one season by malaria 

 crusade. 



The State Board of Health on Malaria in California. . 155 



In proportion to population California outranks all other states in 

 the registration area in malaria. Nine of twenty-four counties 

 show 75 per cent of the total; Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, 

 25 per cent; Butte, Tehama, Shasta, 24 per cent; Fresno, 

 Tulare, Kern, 11.6 per cent; shows the points where well- 

 organized crusades should be centered. 



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