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67 children examined—44 males and 23 females. 
Spleen rate 35’8 per cent.; parasite rate 10’4 per cent. 
Seven children treated regularly with quinine. 
G. — Gangoda Village. —A Sinhalese settlement of better class “ goiyas ” class (3). 
There is one modern brick house with tiled roof; the rest are of mud and wattle 
with cadj an roofs. Each house situated in its own compound. No latrines. Nearest 
house situated within 20 yards of paddy fields containing anopheline larvae. 
Separated from F by a row of palms. 
12 children examined. 
Spleen rate 83'3 per cent.; parasite rate 25 per cent. 
One child only treated regularly with quinine. 
H. —A row of closely adjoining overcrowded houses on the Negombo road in¬ 
habited by class (3), “ goiyas.” Each house with a small compound at the back 
and provided with a latrine. Houses built of brick and mortar with tiled roof. 
A number of inhabitants are employed in the cocoanut mills. Children are better 
fed and cared for than are the majority of the village children. The foundations 
of the houses are situated on the actual Bund of the paddy fields, as is shown in 
PI. XII, fig. 9. 
22 children examined—13 males and 9 females. 
Spleen rate 68T per cent. ; parasite rate 4*5 per cent. 
Four children treated regularly with quinine. 
J. —A congregation of houses scattered over an area of about half a mile in extent 
amongst cocoanut land and inhabited by class (3), “ goiyas,” bordered by a block 
of paddy fields on one side and bare rock on the other. Houses poor; cadjan roof 
and walls. No latrines. Irrigation channel. A branch of main channel fed from 
Kurunegala tank runs through the centre of the village. The gradient of this channel 
is so constructed that the water wells up and leaves pools of stagnant water behind, 
in which anopheline larvae are found. 
25 children examined—14 males and 11 females. 
Spleen rate 36 per cent. ; parasite rate 12 per cent. 
Four children treated regularly with quinine. 
K. — Madagama Village. —A collection of cadjan houses situated amongst cocoa- 
nuts and inhabited by class (3), “ goiyas.” Ample space between each bouse 
surrounded by compound. Small paddy block of one acre in extent within 20 yards 
of a group of houses. This block is not irrigated, but is filled with rain water, and 
is cultivated once a year. On the town side there is a large block of paddy fields 
within 150 yards of the nearest house. 
39 children examined—17 males and 22 females. 
Spleen rate 35 *8 per cent.; parasite rate 12*8 per cent. 
No children treated regularly with quinine. 
L. —The Bazaar, in Kurunegala town itself. Boutiques on each side of the main 
streets of the town inhabited by class (2), boutique-keepers and artisans ” of all 
nationalities—Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors, and Malays. Houses : some built of brick, 
others mud and wattle with tiled roofs. Curry stuffs, dried fish, and sundry articles 
for sale; grossly overcrowded. Great numbers of children. Some houses have 
