IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



REVIEW 



OF 



APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY. 



Series B. 

 Vol. II.] [1914. 



Report of the Tasmania Agricultural and Stock Department, Hobart, 

 1st July, 1913, p. 14. 



The Chief Inspector of Stock states that under existing legislation 

 and administration, the endeavour of the Department of Agriculture 

 to deal with the eradication of ticks and lice has been fairly- 

 successful, though much difficulty has been experienced in trying to 

 induce owners and others trading in sheep to carry out the provisions 

 of " The Stock Act, 1905." 



Engelaxd (0.). Meine Erfahrungen beziiglich der Malaria-prophy- 

 laxie an Bord eines Kriegschiffes. [My experiences of Malaria 

 prophylaxis on board a warship.] — Archiv. fur Schiffs- und 

 Tropen-Hyg'iene, Leipzig, xvii, no. 15, Aug. 1913, pp. 523-531. 



After dealing at length with quinine, the author remarks that in the 

 tropics doctors have found that a thorough quinine prophylaxis is not 

 always sufficient to prevent cases of malaria. He thinks that a ship's 

 surgeon should guard the crew from mosquito bites as completely as 

 possible. If the vessel is anchored less than a mile from the coast, and 

 particularly if a land wind is blowing, Anophelines may be found on 

 board in large numbers. Boats and lighters often bring them, and 

 the author has found them in fresh vegetables. In the case under 

 report, the following measures were adopted : — (1) An anchorage 

 l|-2 miles from the shore was chosen wherever possible. (2) Shore- 

 leave was only granted by day ; visits to native huts were forbidden ; 

 on any particular case of night leave the man concerned received a dose 

 of one gramme of quinine on his return. (3) All vegetables brought 

 on board were washed at the gangway. (4) Covered native boats were 

 not allowed to come alongside. (5) When coal-hghters and water- 

 boats came alongside all doors and windows on that side of the vessel 

 •were shut and that side was washed down afterwards. (6) The men 

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