Index 



331 



Monel metal, mosquito wire, 



224 

 Mortality statistics, city of 



Panama, 23, 24 

 under French occupancy, 



23 

 Mosquito bars, 20, 46, 89, 



112, 274, 288, 296 

 Mosquito catching in dwellings 

 as a prophylactic measure, 

 202, 208 



in screened cars, 210 



destruction in Havana, 



236 

 Mosquitoes, artificial producing 



areas, 41 

 biting experiments, 89, 



91,92 



carried on clothing, 187 



change of species, 72 



collection of dead, 250 



collecting and staining, 



112 



flight observation, 76 



hiding places of, 36 



hidden producing areas, 9 



hours of biting, 21 



infective minimum, 312 



Isthmian climate favor- 

 able to, 268 

 larvas, destruction by 



aquatic insects, 185, 191 

 natural enemies of, 185, 



191 

 sudden mflux at camps, 



15s 

 trap for, 96, 214 



Oil, application of, 171 



rule for application of, 



163 



carts, 168 



cost of distribution, 164, 



165, 166 



low cost of crude, 153 



drips, barrels, 159 



for heavy and light 



oils, 160 



inspection of, 161 



• notes on, 154, 225 



Oil drips on rafts, 156 



on streams, 155, 156 



■ — —films, 154, 162, 171 



breaking of, 71 



drifting of, 170 



spreading of, 190 



heavy, inhibits vegeta- 

 tion, 171 



how it kills larvas and 



pupse, 151 



and larvacide for pumps, 



166 



methods of distribution, 



164 



pipe lines for, 164 



spraying, 166 



tanks, 164, 168 



viscidity in lower tem- 

 perature, 157 



Oiling, from boats, 168 



continuous, 154 



costs of, 171 



cotton waste in drip can, 



158 

 application by cotton 



waste, 161 



drips for light oils, 160 



intermittent, 162 



at irregular intervals, 6, 



12 

 by "knapsack sprayer," 



166 



methods of, 154 



precautions for floods, 161 



simplest form of drip, 158 



treatment at Havana, 5 



with watering can, 168 



Orenstein, Dr. A. J., prophy- 

 lactic value of screening, 206 

 Outlet of tile drain (see Drain) 



Pack mules, for transporation 

 of oil, 169 



Panama population near ende- 

 mic sources of yellow fever, 

 262 



Preventive organization, a 

 plan for, 320 



Pipe lines for distribution of 

 oil, 164 



