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being cliieHy systematic screening of tlie houses and 

 the free distribution of quinine ; at the same time, by 

 the spreading of a better system of land cultivation, the 

 breeding area of the anophelines was curtailed. The 

 result, according to Osier, has been that the annual 

 mortality of about 10,000 has been reduced to about 

 4,000, whilst in the army and amongst the officials 

 there has been a similar diminution as a result of 

 vigorous action. 



THE ANTIMALAIUAL CAMPAKJX IN GIIEKCK 



In INIay of 190G Major Ross was asked by a British 

 company owning large tracts of land in Greece to 

 proceed there to advise upon the best means of pre- 

 venting malaria, which was seriously interfering with 

 the work and prosperity of the company. Ross's visit 

 stimulated the Avork of the Grecian Antimalarial Society, 

 with the result of forming a co-operation between 

 medical men and officials to undertake strenuous 

 measures against anophelines, such as drainage, screen- 

 ing, etc. — with what success the following statement 

 shows : 



Within the last year, 1008, the Liverpool School 

 of Tropical Medicine has been informed by the Grecian 

 League against INlalaria that their efforts have had 

 wonderful results in the plain of Marathon, which used 

 to be a hot-bed of fever. In 1900, 90 per cent, of the 

 cases of sickness were due to malaria. In 1907, after 

 the first efforts of the League, the malaria cases fell to 

 47 per cent, of all cases of sickness. During last 

 summer, however, usually the most intensely malarious 



