RESULTS 7i 



abolishing malaria, and this too without having recourse 

 to complicated measures, but by adopting measures 

 so simple that they can be applied in any country. It 

 is further worthy of note that the improved drainage 

 has increased the yield of the cultivated areas. 



Out of 280 children 15 years old examined for en- 

 larged spleens in 1909, only one showed enlargement ! 



Antimalarial operations commenced in 1901. 

 In 1903 there were 214 cases of malaria. 



iJO-if ,, ,, JU ,, ,, ,, 



19051 

 190G 

 1907 

 1908 



there were no new cases of malaria and 

 but 4 recurrent old cases." 



These facts also show the great saving in money 

 which the Canal Company must have experienced 

 because of less sickness, loss of time, and expenditure 

 on hospitals and additional labour. 



ANTIMOSQUITO WORK AT PORT SAID 



In May 1900 Dr. E. H. Ross, brother of 

 i\Iajor Ross,^ commenced antimosquito and antimalarial 

 measures ; these were rendered necessary by the mos- 

 quito nuisance which existed in Port Said, and to 

 which I have already referred, also by the occurrence 

 of endemic malaria, and above all owing to the 

 example of Ismailia. It was argued that what could be 

 done in the latter place could also be done at Port 

 Said. The first mosquito brigade consisted of five 

 men who made a house-to-house inspection to ferret 



^ "The Prevention of Fever on the Suez Canal/' hj E. H. Ross, 

 Cairo, 190S). 



