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11. That close liaison be maintained between the men working 

 inside the camp and the U. S. P. H. S. men carrying on the work 

 in the immediate vicinity of the camp. 



12. That systematic night collections of adult specimens be made 

 at definitely designated stations in order tO' determine the kind 

 and density of mosquitoes prevalent at a certain time. 



As you pause to consider these twelve points, you are doubtless • 

 thinking that there is a great deal of similarity between mosquito 

 work as conducted by the U. S. Government and as conducted 

 by a state or county. And, after all, w'hy not ? A mosquito — be she 

 Cidex, or Aedes, or Anopheles can breed only through the agency of 

 water. Therefore, primarily, the extermination of the mosquito 

 can be attained only by a systematic elimination of the breeding 

 place. This being so, mosquito control work resolves itself into a 

 question of methods. And no matter how much those engaged in 

 the work may be at variance as to the relative importance of cer- 

 tain details, there can be but little deviation from the main prin- 

 ciples if the work is to succeed. Therefore it is essential to have 

 a clear cut idea of the extent and nature of the work to be done 

 and adopt a systematic working plan to reach the desired result. 

 This, every community interested in mosquito work does, whether 

 they use spot-maps or progress-maps or merely descriptive reports. 



Essentially, then, mosquito control in Army Camps is much like 

 that done in a civil community. In what ways does it differ? 

 Probably the most noticeable difference between the Army work 

 and that done in the State of New Jersey, is that the former is 

 aimed to improve the health and the comfort of the soldier, while 

 the latter tends to improve the comfort and health of the taxpayer. 

 In other words, the work in and around Army Camps has for 

 its primary object the prevention of mialaria. Every man in the 

 Army who contracts malaria is given a malarial register which 

 follows him wherever he goes, thus notifying the officer in charge 

 of the work in a camp into which such a soldier comes that here 

 is a possible factor in the completion of the malarial cycle. Every 

 effort is thus made to anticipate the possible spread of malaria 

 and the work involves not only the elimination of the insect carrier 

 by the destruction of its breeding place, but also the protection and, 

 if necessary, the segregation of the human carrier. That the pres- 

 ence and spread of malaria in any camp means a high ineffective 



