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THE Ministry of Health has recently published a “Memorandum on Measures for the Control of Mosquito Nuisances in Great Britain” (No. 238, Medicine, 1940) by Lieut.-Col. J. A. Sinton and Mr. P. G. Shute. While mosquitoes may carry malaria in certain circumstances in Britain, as happened during and after the War of 1914–18, it is mainly because of the nuisance caused by the bites that anti-mosquito measures are undertaken in Great Britain. Of the 29 recorded species, eight are so rare or so seldom bite man that they may be considered unimportant from the public health point of view. Anopheles maculipennis is the potential carrier of malaria and during the past twenty-five years more than 500 cases of the disease have been proved to have been locally contracted in almost every instance through its agency. The habits, economy, and means of control of this and other British mosquitoes are dealt with in this memorandum. The information given is up to date and has obviously been carefully collated. If anti-mosquito measures are to be applied effectively and economically the species concerned must be identified and its habits taken into account. Specimens are identified free of charge at the Malaria Laboratory of the Ministry of Health or at the British Museum (Natural History). Once a given species is named the advice given for its control may be followed. The memorandum, it may be added, is to be obtained from H.M. Stationery Office or through any bookseller, price 6d. net.
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Mosquito Control in Great Britain. Nature 146, 683 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146683b0
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