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sometimes become so accustomed to inoculation 

 with mosquito saliva that it fails to irritate them. 

 They frequently aver that they are not bitten. But 

 examine their mosquito nets in the morning ; there 

 will be plenty of recently fed females there. The old 

 residents become immune to mosquito poison. Ex- 

 amine the arms and face of a newly born infant in a 

 house that is mosquito-infested and look at the wheals 

 produced by the insects ; no wonder the child cries 

 at night. 



Mosquito reduction will relieve all this misery, 

 and it will do so very quickly. Here alone is sufficient 

 excuse for its institution and maintenance, even if it 

 is certain that there is no fever. 



