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Sella (M). The Antimalarial Campaign at Fiumicino (Rome), with 

 Epidemiological and Biological Notes. -Internal. J I. Public Heullh, 



Geneva, i, no. 3, November 1920, pp. 316-346, 7 figs. [Received 

 21st June 1921.1 

 This paper gives a brief outline of the results ol)tained during the 

 antimalaria campaign at Fiumicino [R.A.E., B, viii, 221]. 



Strong (R. P.). The Anti-Typhus Campaign in 1915 in Serbia 



considered in connexion with the present Typhus Epidemic in 



Poland. — ■ Internal. Jl. Pub. Health, Geneva, i, nos. 1 and 2, July 



and September 1920, pp. 7-33 and 188-210. [Received 21st June 



1921.1 



An account is given of the condition of Serbia during the typhus 



epidemic of 1915, and of the work of the Commission sent out to deal 



with it. Owing to the large number of doctors who contracted the 



disease, in spite of every precaution against lice, it is concluded that 



there is in all probability some other method of infection, and that 



while lice are undoubtedl}' the main vectors and the cause of epidemics, 



it is possible that infection may be conveyed by the droplet method 



of infection after coughing. 



As a result of Polish appeals to the nations for assistance in dealing 

 with the disease, a fully equipped Commission has been sent out, 

 and the Polish Government is expected to support and assist the 

 campaign. The plan includes a comprehensive scheme for dealing 

 with Central Poland, as the disease is established throughout Polish 

 territory and is spreading from foci in the interior. 



The essentials for combating the disease on a large scale are the 

 establishment of sanitary cordons, hospitals and delousing stations, the 

 provision of food and fuel, and expert direction of the work. The 

 campaign has not, however, up to the present time, been prosecuted 

 by the Polish Government in a sufficiently energetic and satisfactorv 

 manner. In Serbia the disease was so general that practically every 

 family in the country had suffered from it, and the mortality was 

 about 50 per cent., but in Poland the mortalit\' has seldom as yet 

 been above 9 per cent., and the people as a whole are not willing to 

 submit to the inconveniences of delousing measures. Every effort 

 is being made to arouse and stimulate the interest of the people in 

 eradication measures. The danger of the disease spreading to western 

 Europe is great, and it is pointed out that it is at present costing the 

 world more to tolerate typhus than to eliminate it. 



WoLBACH (S. B.), Todd (J. L.) & Palfrey (F. W.). Notes on Typhus. 

 (Being a Preliminary Report from the Typhus Research Com- 

 mission of the League of Red Cross Societies to Poland.) — Internal. 

 Jl. Pub. Health, Geneva, \, no. 2, September 1920, pp. 211-215. 

 [Received 21st June 1921.] 

 Experiments undertaken in the course of anti-typhus work in Poland 

 showed that in lice fed upon typhus patients under favourable con- 

 ditions, a peculiar pleomorphic micro-organism is constantly present, 

 and is identical with that named Rickettsia proicazeki by da Rocha 

 Lima [i?. .4.£., B, v, 110; vi, 58]. In the vascular lesions of 

 experimental animals infected with typhus, a minute micro-organism 

 has been demonstrated, which in morphology and staining reactions 

 is consistent with this organism in at least two of the forms in which 

 it is seen constantly in hce, 



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