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Cardamatis, was dispatched to 30 towns of the Kingdom in onlerto 
deliver lectures on the same subjects, wliich were attended by a large 
number of people, including the medical men and local authorities 
By means of these lectures, together with the distribution of 
printed instructions, and the indication of the anopheline mosquitoes, 
the interest of all was aroused with regard to this vitiil question. 
The expenditure incurred in connection with the meetings and the 
lecturing tour of the General Secretary, amounted to Drs. 1.917.55 
(about £yo). The most important work undertaken by the League 
in the year 190/, was to combat malaria at Warathon. 
The League considered that lectures and publications, and 
Similar measures were not sufficient to achieve its eminently practical 
aims but that practical application of the measures recommended 
by the League was also necessary for the persuasion of the public 
as to the efficacy of the remedies recommended, whilst, on the other 
hand, a precedent should be established for the execution of similar 
works in the future. 
This advice had also been given by the Liverpool School of 
Tropical Medicine in its most valuable report on the suggested ant,- 
nialanal measures in Greece, dated the 25th of January, igo;. 
1 he League, however, had other reasons for considering this work 
d'itions"''''T“'^' 0“'-®elves should study, in practice, the con- 
possible T’l " “mbating of malaria in Greece was 
fhe tlnr “>e social and local peculiarities of 
he Sid oT T l : f-'ectedMarathon as 
trie iieJd of action of the League 
the advantage, as it is, in 
districts by a range li h.lirso'’°hat 
region; and finally, it lies at a m independent 
that the work could be mt- ^ distance from Athens, so 
the League. The sole dis'w the perpetual surveyaiice of 
that district lay in the fact tl connected wdth the choice of 
large for the purpose .^6^ 
plain, thus rendering the’ expense! throughout the 
wise be the case. ^ ^ rather heavier than would other 
The work was commenced on April the ayth, by the estabhshmeu. 
