52 PLAN OF CAMPAIGN AGALNST THE MOSQUITO 



anotlier maLirial country, in tliis respect in no wise 

 differing from the rawest new arrival from Europe. 



It were wise, therefore, if Europeans would adopt 

 tlie plan of livino- as much as possible away from the 

 reservoirs. It is often argued that this is not a 

 humane procedure, but, from what I have said above, 

 why should the unacclimatised new-comer put himself 

 at a disadvantage by assuming that he is as resistant 

 as the native who has had the malarial parasites in 

 his blood from childhood, and lias in consequence 

 acquired a certain degree of immunity ? 



Persons suffering from malarial fever in the house 

 or hospital should be screened in order to prevent the 

 anopheles from becoming infected and passing the 

 disease on to others. 



2. Pleasures to avoid ihc anopliclincs. — If in the 

 founding of new towns and residences it is possible 

 to select alternative sites, then let that site be chosen 

 which is furthest from any possible breeding grounds, 

 on soil where the rain-water will not puddle and 

 where the water, either by reason of the natiu'e of 

 the soil or the slopes, disappears rapidly. Very often, 

 however, new-comers have to take the houses built 

 in the old days before attention was paid to mosquitos, 

 houses very often which are infected with mosquitos. 

 Under these circumstances it is very advisable to 

 screen the verandahs and windows with copper-wire | 

 gauze. This has now been done with the very greatest 

 comfort in many of the more advanced towns through- 

 out the tropical and subtropical world. \\ ith such 

 a protection one can live in security, and surely the 



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