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ing — Essentials of good screening — Screening of doors — Some 

 general rules — Screening of windows — Screening of porches — 

 Screening of chimneys and fire-places — -The life of a screen — 

 Screening near the sea-side — Conducting a screening campaign — 

 Value of screening — Cost of screening — Does screening pay? 



CHAPTER 11. — Other Measures and Expedients and Points 



Requiring Investigation 209 



Scope of this chapter — Auxiliary methods and expedients in 

 general — Direct exterminative measures — The bat as a destroyer 

 of adult mosquitoes — Other animal foes of the mosquito— 

 ^- Destruction of mosquitoes in dwellings — Harassing the mosquito 



— Further protective measures — Use of animals as a protection 

 against mosquitoes — Application of substances repellent to mos- 

 quitoes — Use of quinine for malaria — Demonstrations of the value 

 of mass treatment by quinine — Quinine versus anti-mosquito 

 measures — Points that require further investigation. 



CHAPTER 12.— Rural Mosquito and Malaria Control . . . .219 

 Unfavorable factors in rural control — Favorable factors in rural 

 control — Need for a survey — Control measures about the average 

 home — Further measures — Protecting homes in swamps, etc. — 

 The rice-field problem — The rice-field problem abroad — Com- 

 munity measures in rural areas — 'Rural community protective 

 demonstrations. 



APPENDIX A. — Table to Determine Species of Certain Common- 

 American Mosquitoes 228 



APPENDIX B. — Approved Anti-mosquito Ordinance 233 



APPENDIX C. — Suggested Anti-mosquito Leaflet for Campaic-n 



Educational Work 235 



APPENDIX D.— Bibliography 238 



INDEX 241 



