The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-01
WAR ON MOSQUITOES.
Army officers to Fight Yellow
Fever on New Lines.
RADICAL CHANGE IN METHODS,

Those III with the Disease To he Iso-
lated In Wards Made Mosquito
Proof - Patients clothes aud he'd
ding Need Not he Fumigated En-
cept For Mosquitoes.
approved, according to "A Washington
dispatch the draft OF an order to be
promulgated by the chief surgeon in
Havana for protection against yellow
fever and the prevention of its dis
seminatlon by mosquitoes. The order
says.
"Ihe recent experiments made In
Havana by the medical department of
the army having proved that yellow
fever. Ike malarial fever, is conveyed
chiefly. and probably exclusively, by
the bite Of infected mosquitoes. im-
portant changes In the measures used
for the prevention and treatment Of
this disease have become necessary.
so far as yellow fever is concerned,
Infection Of a room or building simply
means that 1t contains Infected mos
quitoes that is. mosquitoes which have
fed on yellow fever patients. Disn-
fection, therefore, means the employ
mcnt Of measures aimed at the de-
struction of these mosquitoes. The
most effective OF these measures is
fumigatlon. either with sulphur, for
maldehydes or insect powder. The
fumes OF sulphur are the quickest and
the most effective insecticide, but are
otherwise Objectionable. Formaldehyde
gas is quite effective II the infected
rooms are kept closed and sealed for
two or three hours. The smoke OF in
sect powder has also been proved use
ful 1t really stupehes mosquitoes,
which drop to the floor and can then be
easily destroyed. The washing of
walls. floors. ceilings and furniture
with dislnfectants Is unnecessary.
"As IL has been demonstrated that
yellow fever cannot be conveyed by
bedding. clothing, effects and baggage,
they need not he subject TO any spe-
cial disinfection. Care should be tax
en-. however. not TO remove them from
the infected rooms until after formulde-
hyde fumigation, so that they may not
harbor any Infected mosquitoes
"The infection Of mosquitoes is most
likely 10 occur during the first two or
three days Of the disease. Ambulant
cases-that is. patients not IN enough to
take TO their beds and remaining unsus-
pectcd and unprotected probably
those most responsible for the spread
Of the disease. 1t is therefore essen
tial that all fever cases shall be at
once isolated ana so protected that no
mosquitoes can possibly get access to
them until the nature of the fever Is
positively determined.
Each post shall have a reception
ward for the admission Of all fever
cases and an isolation ward for the
treatment Of cases which prove TO be
yellow fever Each ward shall be made
mosquito proof by wire netting over
doors and windows, ceiling Of wire
netting az height Of seven feet above
the floor, and mosquito bars over the
beds. There should be no place in il
where mosquitoes can seek refuge not
readily accessible to the nurse. Both
wards can be in the same building pro-
vided they are separated by mos
quito tight partition.
"Malarial fever. like yellow fever In
communicated 10y mosquito bites and
therefore is just as much of an infec-
tious disease and requires the same
measures OF protection as against mos
quitoes.'