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has been contracted by enlisted men — and the malaria sick rate 

 among enlisted men in camp has been very much lower than if they 

 had stayed at home. The Commanding Medical Officers at the 

 cantonments report mosquitos as being scarce at nearly all the camps 

 and Anopheles seldom seen, except at two of the aviation camps 

 near rice field areas. When the Army and Navy cantonment sick 

 rate figures are published, it will undoubtedly be shown that due to 

 proper mosquito control measures practically very little, and in 

 many instances, no mialaria has been contracted at camps located 

 in regions noted for malaria. 



At some of the extra cantonment areas this work has now been 

 going on for twO' seasons, and many prominent local physicians 

 have informed me that there has been a remarkable reduction in the 

 malaria sick rate of the civil population in and near their canton- 

 ment town. This d^^monstration work, distributed over a wide area, 

 has protected a civil population of about 1,750,000, an average con- 

 stantly changing military and naval population of 800,000, and 

 should lead to a better and more extended general campaign. Drain- 

 age and mosquito control work has been accomplished in and near 

 the following cantonment cities, towns and villages : 



Alabama — Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Florence, Anniston, Montgomery. 

 Arkansas — Little Rock, Loanoke. 

 Florida — Jacksonville. 



Georgia — Mason, Augusa, Atlanta, Columbus, Americus. 



Kentucky — Louisville. 



Louisiana — ^Lake Charles, Alexandria. 



Mississippi — Jackson, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pass Christian, West 

 Point, Hattiesburg. 



North Carolina — Charlotte, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Wilmington. 



South Carolina — Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, Charleston. 



Tennessee — Memphis, Millington, Nashville, Chattanooga. 



Texas — Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Orange. 



Virginia — Newport News, Petersburg, Alexandria, Portsmouth, 

 Quantico. 



These towns, as well as the counties in which they are located, 

 contributed liberally toward mosquito control measures in order 

 to protect our military forces and make camp life pleasant for our 

 sailors and soldiers. 



