47^ 
PAGK 
Characteristics  of  Adult  . .  4^3 
Breeding  Habits  . . . 
Local  Conditions  under  which  Anopheles  breed  in 
Jamaica  .  4^4 
1 .  Rivers  and  swamps  .  4^4 
2.  Ditches  and  gutters  .  4^5 
p  Cattle  ponds  and  pools  formed  by  surface 
drainage  . 4^3 
4.  Rain  pools  in  hollows  .  4^5 
p  Wells  occasionally  .  4^5 
6.  Drainage  trenches  in  banana  plantations  ...  485 
7.  Irrigation  canals  .  4^5 
General  Mosquito  survey  required  . 486 
Appointment  of  Government  Entomologist  advocated  486 
Principal  Varieties  of  Mosquitoes  .  486 
Extract  from  Old  History  of  Jamaica,  Malaria  and 
Mosquitoes  .  4^7 
VII.  Malaria  in  Jamaica .  4^9 
Clinical  Types  of  Fever  .  489 
Varieties  of  Malarial  Parasites  .  489 
Prevalence  of  Malaria  .  49° 
General  Death  Rates  and  Malarial  Death  Rates  490 
Sources  of  Error  .  491 
Malarial  Death  Rates  in  various  parishes  .  492 
Admissions  to  Public  Hospitals  from  Malaria  .  494 
Illness  among  Indentured  Coolies  .  495 
Return  of  causes  of  Illness  among  Coolies 
recommended  .  490 
Malaria  in  the  Constabulary  . 497 
Endemic  Index  of  Malaria — Splenic  census  .  498 
Absence  from  school  through  illness .  502 
Interference  with  Education  .  502 
Summary  .  502 
VIII.  Anti-malarial  Measures  adopted  elsewhere  .. 
1.  Ismailia  . 
2.  Klang  and  Port  Swettenham  . . . 
3.  Hong  Kong  . 
4.  Sierra  Leone  . 
5.  Italy  . 
t).  The  Panama  Canal  . 
7.  Havana  (Yellow  Fever)  . . 
IX.  Anti-malarial  Measures  in  Jamaica . 
Measures  already  in  force  . . . 
Measures  recommended  . 
Preliminary  Observations:  Financial  .. 
Agricultural 
Government 
Personal  ... 
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504 
505 
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507 
507 
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515 
516 
516 
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517 
518 
