510 
A  similar  result  is  shown  in  the  following  table 
Quinine  Prophylaxis  in  the  Agro  Romano 
1900 
1901 
1902 
[903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
Prophylaxis  in  the  Agro 
17,506 
29,693 
38,429 
Romano  . . . 
79 
1,176 
3,853 
41,072 
Primary  infections  treated  by 
162 
the  Red  Cross  Society 
1,716 
I  >263 
63) 
764 
320 
250 
129 
('7) 
(7) 
''2) 
(i-34) 
(l'52) 
(07) 
Malarial  patients  treated  by 
1,406 
839 
576 
the  Red  Cross  Society 
3175 1 
2,366 
2,581 
1,547 
(■31) 
(26) 
(20) 
(ii) 
(10) 
(5-i) 
('3-4) 
Malarial  patients  admitted 
2,461 
into  the  Rome  hospitals 
6,186 
4,725 
2,750 
2,991 
3,991 
2,513 
The  figures  in  parentheses  are  the  percentages. 
With  the  increase  of  people  taking  quinine  as  a  preventive  in  the 
Agro  Romano  the  number  of  primary  infections  treated  by  the  Red 
Cross  Society  fell  from  17  per  cent,  to  07  per  cent.,  and  the  number 
of  malarial  patients  treated  by  the  same  Society  from  31  to  3’4  per 
cent.,  while  the  number  of  patients  treated  in  the  Rome  hospitals  for 
malaria  fell  from  6,186  to  2,513,  representing  a  large  saving  in 
hospital  expenditure. 
Among  Government  officials,  who  can  be  controlled  with  greater 
facility,  the  percentage  of  cases  of  malaria  has  fallen,  in  the  case  of 
employes  on  the  railway,  from  69^92  to  I9'84,  owing  to  the  introduc¬ 
tion,  first  of  mechanical  prophylaxis,  and  later  the  addition  of  the 
quinine  prophylaxis. 
Malaria  along  the  ex-Adriatic  Railways 
Year 
Percentage  of 
cases  of  malaria 
Days  of  mean 
duration  of  cases 
of  malaria 
Mean  of  days 
of  illness  lost 
every  year  per 
person 
Observations 
1888-1905 
69-92 
7-88 
5-48 
Without  prophylaxis 
1902 
44-93 
6-99 
3-12 
Mechanical  prophylaxis 
1903 
30-32 
6-25 
1-89 
55  55 
1904 
33-10 
7-33 
2-48 
55  55 
1905 
39-44 
7-64 
3-01 
55  55 
1906 
19-84 
8-52 
1-69 
Mixed  prophylaxis 
