Mosquito brigades and how to organise them / by Ronald Ross.

Date:
1902
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Credit: Mosquito brigades and how to organise them / by Ronald Ross. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS. PREFACE ....... THINGS TO BE LEARNT : 1. Leading Facts about Mosquitoes .... 2. Some Popular Misconceptions Corrected 3. General Principles to be Followed 4. The Breeding Places of Culex 5. Breeding Places of Anopheles .... 6. How TO FIND THE ADULTS .... THINGS TO BE DONE: 7. Appointment of Superintendent .... 8. T he First Step ...... 9. How to raise Funds ...... 10. Small Beginnings . . ... 11. Organisation of the Brigade .... 12. Organisation and Duties of the Culex Gang 13. Organisation and Duties of the Anopheles Gang 14. Destruction of Larvai ..... 15. Destruction of Adults ..... 16. Last Stages of the Campaign .... SUMMARY: 17. Summary of Objects ..... 18. Summary of Methods ...... 19. Motto ....... MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS: 20. Where not to start Mosquito Brigades 21. Where to start Mosquito Brigades . 22. Other Methods of Preventing Mosquito-borne Diseases 23. A Comparison of these Methods 24. Probable Effect of Anti-Mosquito Measures on Mosquito-borne Disease ..... 25. Sanitary Anarchy ...... APPENDIX: Page V I 3 4 6 7 11 13 IS 15 17 19 20 25 32 3^ 39 42 42 43 44 45 47 48 S3 57 History of the War against Mosquitoes. Campaigns at Hong Kong, Lagos, Staten Island, New York, Havana, and Sierra Leone. ..... 61 BOOKS 97