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REPORT OF THE MALARIA EXPEDITION, 
Financial considerations have frequently prohibited tlie employment of tiie old method ; 
they can scarcely prohibit the employment of the new one — at least in man)' localities. 
Although the new method has not )'et been tested by actual experiment, all the scientific 
indications support the view that it will be a valid one. 
The existence of the disease is in many localities such a serious source of expense, not to 
mention loss of trade, prosperity and life, that the small sums required for the prosecution of the 
new method cannot justifiably be withheld, even though it is still in the experimental stage. 
Hence we feel justified in recommending that operations against Anopheles be included 
among the sanitary measures of local governments and municipalities. 
We also recommend that further investigations regarding the prevention of malarial fever 
be prosecuted with tiie energ\- wiiich our national obligations demand. 
