Mosquito Reduction Research Articles

Some Quantitative Studies in Epidemiology

AN account of some quantitative studies in epidemiology has recently been published in the second edition of my book on the “ Prevention of Malaria ” (Murray), and the Editor of NATURE has asked me to give a general description of them here. The attempts originated in the following manner. Shortly after Anophelines were shown to carry malaria, it was often observed that little apparent correlation could be found between their numbers and the numbers of infected persons in a locality. The observations were always far too scanty to establish any real absence of correlation; but they were used, nevertheless, to support the thesis that the amount of malaria does not depend upon the number of the Anophelines, and that therefore the proposed anti-malarial measure of mosquito reduction (then very unpopular) was useless. For many reasons a trustworthy experimental investigation would have been very difficult and costly, and it was therefore all the more necessary to examine the subject by a carefully reasoned analysis of the relations which must hold between the amount of the disease and the various factors which influence it. My first attempt in this direction was made in an official report on the “ Prevention of Malaria in Mauritius “ (Waterlow and Sons, 1908), and fell into the form of a simple difference equation. This was further developed in the first edition of my book already mentioned, and the subject was at the same time ably attacked by Mr. H. Waite, at the instance of Prof. Karl Pearson, in Biometrika, October, 1910.

The Reduction of Domestic Mosquitoes

The Reduction of Domestic Mosquitoes

The Reduction of Domestic Mosquitoes : Instructions for the Use of Muinicipalities, Town Councils, Health Officers, Sanitary Inspectors and Residents in Warm Climates. By Edward Halford Ross, M.R.C.S. England. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 1911. Pp. 114, with eighteen maps and illustrations.

<i>The Reduction of Domestic Mosquitoes</i> : Instructions for the Use of Muinicipalities, Town Councils, Health Officers, Sanitary Inspectors and Residents in Warm Climates. By Edward Halford Ross, M.R.C.S. England. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son &amp; Co. 1911. Pp. 114, with eighteen maps and illustrations.

Anti-Malarial Measures in India

A PERMANENT committee dealing with anti-malarial measures in India has been appointed by the Government of India. Its members are Lieut.-Col. Leslie (Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India), Major James, I.M.S., Captain Christophers, I.M.S., and Lieut.-Col. Semple. Excluding the last-named, whose views on the matter have not yet been made public the members of the committee, previous to their embodiment, allowed it to be understood that, in the light of the reputed failure of the Mean Mir “mosquito reduction” experiments of 1901–3, they hold any effort beyond quinine prophylaxis as rarely applicable to India. Indeed, they claim that conditions in that country are so different from those found in other parts of the world that further investigations—and not application of elsewhere approved anti-malarial measures—is the necessary rdle.

The Logical Basis of the Sanitary Policy of Mosquito Reduction

The Logical Basis of the Sanitary Policy of Mosquito Reduction

The Logical Basis of the Sanitary Policy of Mosquito Reduction

The Logical Basis of the Sanitary Policy of Mosquito Reduction

An Address ON THE LOGICAL BASIS OF THE SANITARY POLICY OF MOSQUITO REDUCTION: Delivered at the Section of Preventive Medicine of the International Congress of Arts and Science, Universal Exposition, St. Louis, September, 1904

An Address ON THE LOGICAL BASIS OF THE SANITARY POLICY OF MOSQUITO REDUCTION: Delivered at the Section of Preventive Medicine of the International Congress of Arts and Science, Universal Exposition, St. Louis, September, 1904