Malaria has increased in the Settlement and. outside-roads areas Feeent weeks to such an extent that special measures to combat the disease have been adopted by the SMC, Health Department, it was Tearned on Aug. 20, A campaign using a "flying squad" to destroy the Tarvae of the malaria-carrying mos-quite (Anopheles) where found in stagnant water in the Settlement, is now in full swing, a newly introduced powerful larvacide being used. At the same time residents of the cullying districts where stagnant water abounds, and persons making trips to the Chi nese countryside, are warned to be careful to avoid mosquito bites. The bite of the common mosquito (Colex), of course, is harmless although it may cause considerable ineonvenience, and the Health Department of necessity cannot undertake a campaign to eradicate this common pest.
In dealing with anopheline larvae, however, the Department is sparing no effort, and since the "flying squad" was instituted early this month much valuable work has been accomplished, The value of the squad is that it operates with vastly increased speed and efficiency and that therefore as much can be achieved now in a day as heretofore in a week. It is next effectiveness to the use of acroplanes for spraying stagnant water.
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