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f{ Claee (H. L.). Report of the Surgeon-General for the year 1914-15. 



— Trinidad and Tobago Council Paper no. 154 of 1915, Port-of- 

 Spain, 1915, 153 pp. [Received 28tli February 1916.] 



Anti-malarial measures were carried out in several districts during 

 the year. As a result, the breeding grounds of Anopheles were restricted 

 to a few parts which ofiered special difficulties in the way of efficient 

 drainage. Measures against Stegomyia and Culex included the survey 

 of four localities, one being the Dry River, the remaining three in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of Port-of-Spain. In Queen's Park 

 Savannah, the larvae of C. fatigans and Stegomyia were found in 

 hollows in the trunks and roots of trees. In the Botanic Gardens, 

 St. Anne's, the most fertile breeding places were found in holes in trees 

 and in bamboo joints ; the larvae present were those of Stegomyia 

 fasciata (calopus), Megarhinus trinidadensis, Limatus durhami and 

 Sabethoides nitidus. The Dry River showed a scarcity of larvae, 

 owing to the presence of larvivorous fish and the swiftness of the current 

 in certain parts. 



Memoria presentada al Congreso de la Nacidn por el Ministro de Agri- 

 cultura Dr. Horacio Calder6n — 1913. [Report presented to the 

 Congress of the Nation by the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Horacio 

 Calderon, 1913.] — Buenos Aires, 1915, 531 pp. [Received 28th 

 February 1916.] 



In the part of this report which deals with live-stock, it is stated 

 that piroplasmosis caused some losses during the year owing to a 

 considerable transit of cattle from the north to the south. As a result 

 of this traffic in cattle, some ticks {Margaropus annulatus 1) were 

 carried to several estates in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa 

 Fe. and tick infestation there was found to be due not only to imported 

 individuals, but to a second and third generation born on the spot. 

 During the year, 1,013,823 head of cattle were dipped in the official 

 dipping tanks. Trials with trypan-blue showed that it possessed a 

 real curative value against piroplasmosis. Attention is called to the 

 necessity of co-operation for the erection of dipping tanks and the 

 regular practice of dipping. A special board was entrusted with the 

 drawing up of a plan of operations based on the most recent knowledge 

 of the biology of the tick. 



Ragazzi (C). Intorno all' esistenza della febbre della costa in Cire- 

 naica. [Concerning the existence of coast fever in Cyrenaica.] — ■ 

 Clinica Veterinaria, Milan, xxxviii, nos. 2 & 3, 30th January & 

 15th February 1916, pp. 35-43 & 65-76. 



This paper first gives a general review of African coast fever, due to 

 Theileria parva, in various countries and deals with its occurrence in 

 the Italian Colony of Libya. While Prof. Carpano believes this disease 

 to be endemic there in a mild form among native cattle [see this Review, 

 Ser. B, iv, p. 14], the author considers that no case of proved local 

 origin has hitherto been found and that it may have been imported a 

 first time without affecting native cattle. A second introduction may 

 spread more widely among receptive animals. Strict inspection at 

 the port of importation and a quarantine depot are therefore very 

 necessary. A bibliography of nine works is given. 



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