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TWO reports recently issued prove in a striking manner that malaria may be stamped out by the application of scientific measures directed against the malaria-bearing mosquitoes. The first report deals with Ismailia.1 Malaria was introduced into Ismailia in 1877, and since 1886 nearly all the inhabitants have suffered from the disease. In 1901, on the initiative of Prince Auguste Drenberg, president of the Suez Canal Co., Prof. Ronald Ross was consulted, and, acting on his advice, a series of measures instituted which has had the welcome result of completely freeing Ismailia from malaria. These measures consisted in the destruction of mosquitoes, principally by filling in and draining the pools and marsh land, or treating these with petroleum where the Anopheles breed, concreting water courses, &c., and instructing the inhabitants and protecting their household water supplies. This has been attained at an initial cost of 50,000 francs, and an annual outlay of 18,300 francs.
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Success of Anti-Malarial Measures . Nature 75, 204–205 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/075204a0
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