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income of at least $2000 cannot be sold for more than 

 about $8000, and then only to persons who do not 

 work them, but lease. Such a price is out of all pro- 

 portion to the earning capacity of the property. 



It is therefore demonstrated that malaria is a direct 

 financial loss to a community in at least four ways : 

 first, through the loss in doctor's bills, cost of medi- 

 cine, and incapacity for work on the part of the actual 

 resident ; secondly, through the inefficiency of labor 

 affected by the disease ; third, through the lack of 

 labor ; and, fourth, through the depreciation in the 

 value of real estate. 



If Penryn should continue the control work in the 

 future, either separately or in cooperation with adjacent 

 towns, it is highly desirable that accurate records be 

 kept of the cost of the work, and that statistics be 

 compiled of the malaria cases. 



Above all financial considerations should be placed 

 the fact that the endemic existence of malaria in a 

 community is a reproach to the inhabitants therein, 

 individually and collectively. Penryn is to be con- 

 gratulated on being the first rural community in Cali- 

 fornia to take intelligent steps to rid itself of the dis- 

 ease, and especially that it has public-spirited citizens, 

 who, with a vision of better conditions, have been will- 

 ing to make sacrifices to obtain them. Such sacrifices 

 should not be permitted to continue, but all should 

 work together for a common benefit. Malaria con- 

 trol will pay a far greater profit on the invest- 



