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ANTIGUA 



In the year 1904 active antimosquito measures 

 were adopted in the Colony of Antigua — on a small 

 scale, it is true, but nevertheless something. The first 

 brigade was formed under the chairmanship of Sir 

 Courtney Knowles, who was subsequently succeeded 

 by Sir B. Sweet Escott. The first executive officer 

 was Oliver Nugent, magistrate of Antigua. The 

 brigade work was chiefly directed against anophelines ; 

 the oiling of all pools was undertaken, and the people 

 were warned of the danger of keeping stagnant water, 

 and crab holes were filled up. To this enterprise the 

 public subscribed at the rate of one shilling each, and 

 the Government gave a small subsidy. The work of 

 the brigade has now been taken over by the City 

 Board of the town of St. John's. In 1907 screening 

 clauses were added to the Health Ordinance, quinine 

 was distributed, and all ponds and streams were stocked 

 with larvae-destroying fish. There is now a reported 

 marked diminution in malaria cases. 



ANTIMALARIAL ^VORK IN JAMAICA 



In a recent (1908-9) malarial survey of Jamaica,^ 

 undertaken by Dr. Prout, C.IM.G., on behalf of the 

 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, it is stated 

 that although something has been accomplished in the 

 shape of antimosquito measures, yet the work done 

 is not equal to that accomplished in other places. 

 Prout calculates the death rate from malaria in the 



' Twenty-first Expedition of the Liverpool School of Tropical Mi;dicine 

 Malaria^ Jamaica, 1908-9. 



