CHAPTER V 



WAYS AND MEANS 



THE fever census having been taken, and the cost of 

 the projected domestic mosquito campaign estimated, 

 it remains to find the money to start and to defray 

 the regular upkeep of the work. The question arises 

 at once Who is to pay ? 



It is the duty of that organisation of the com- 

 munity that safeguards the public health to institute, 

 and to maintain, all measures that will improve the 

 condition of the people of the community. The neces 

 sary means must be supplied by the local authority 

 of the State for this is the business of the State. 

 But it must also be brought home to such organisa- 

 tions that such measures are necessary ; otherwise 

 the local authority will object to the expenditure of 

 the public money and rightly, for it is also the 

 guardian of the public purse. 



The health officer should draw up a report. It 

 should give details of the death-rate, of the sickness- 

 rate, and of the prevalence of fever as obtained by 

 the fever census. Then the prevalence of mosquitos 

 in the town should be described and their chief 

 breeding-places, and the proposed method of dealing 



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