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the element of the mosquito has to be calculated with in the same way as in the 
engineering enterprise at Panama. 
8. Mosquito Nets and Screening Houses. 
Under no circumstances should the use of the standard gauge net be 
omitted, sometimes a finer one may be employed to keep off the sand fly, but 
the net should be the invariable rule in connection with every bedstead. They 
should be kept in thorough repair and be ample in size, and well tucked in. 
Very few houses are screened in Belize ; it is a great advantage to have one 
sitting room — or one portion of the verandah made secure if the whole house 
cannot be rendered mosquito proof. Stegomyia fasciata bites in the day as well 
as at night, and to have one or more rooms so treated that they are not invaded 
by Stegomyia or Anopheles is a very great comfort. Screening of the houses 
and verandahs has taken place on a most extensive scale in the suburbs of 
New Orleans, and the expense has been amply justified by the resulting 
comfort. 
9. Anti-mosquito Propaganda. 
The United States and Mexico have taken a leading share in distributing 
literature upon the subject of mosquitoes and \ ellow fever. There can be no 
question that as a result the public are commencing to thoroughly appreciate the 
problem. Were it not for the extraordinary educational movement which 
occurred in New Orleans this year, it would have been infinitely harder to have 
dealt with the situation. As it was, the churches, medical societies, corporation, 
business organisations, clubs, factories and schools all took part in organising 
lectures and spreading literature dealing with fumigation, oiling, screening and 
early notification. In my opinion it would be highly desirable if in some of the 
small elementary books which are read in the primary schools of Belize, dealing 
with the natural products of the country or with geography, there were inserted 
a chapter upon the Yellow fever and malaria mosquito, and showing how to get 
rid of “ wiggle waggles.” It is most desirable also to give lantern and practical 
demonstrations. 
As a matter of personal observation, not only in British Honduras, but also 
in Guatemala and Spanish Honduras, I found the young as well as the old 
amongst the natives very keenly interested, and in very numerous instances quite 
well aware of the fact that the “ wiggle waggles ” in the water-butt became the 
mosquito. Considering the vast amount of sickness caused by mosquitoes, it is 
time that the children were taught how to get rid of these dangerous pests. 
