Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-30
Mosquito Campaign
Proved Success
BY Official Report

fever was spread by the stegogmyia
faciata and campaign of extermina-
ton based upon these Investigations
rid the city of its scourge for the first
time in its history.
prof. Harms Graham of Beyreut,
Syria. conducted similar experiments
with the dengue in 1901 and determined
that II was spread by means OF the
culex, the common night mosquito. BY
protecting dengue fever patients from
mosquitoes he was able to prevent the
spread of the disease amongst other
associates of the patients.
This was negative evidence. The
positive evidence consisted in taking
culex mosquitoes that had fed upon
dengue patients to upland villages that
had never know the disease allowing
them to bite healthy subjects who had
not been otherwise exposed and devel-
oping the disease In these persons at
the end of five or six days.
"Elephantiasis, disease that does
not vitality concern us here, is caused
by a small parasite in lymph channels
the filaria hominis. and this organ
ism has been traced in mosquitoes by
DIR. Patrick Manson. an English physi-
clan. who has done much toward solv-
ing many of the problems connected
with malaria and other tropical and
subtropical diseases.
"The lesson we have to learn from
all this is that the mosquito is a dang
erous insect to have about and that II
10 possible by persistent and concerted
effort to exterminate 1t as has been
done in many localities besides Ha-
vana.
Or. cooper's Review.
An excellent review of the past years
work was given by DR.. c. b. Cooper
In which he dealt with every detail OF
the mosquito campaign here and the
work of similar nature In the East
and in Cuba. He summed up his high
ly interesting paper as follows:
''In summing up, would suggest that
we become allied with the National So
ciety for determination of the mosquito.
Also that 1t is the general concensus
of opinion: 0sD That more effective
work can be done under authorized
Boards of Health, and when their pow
ers are limited, special legislation
should be enacted. end That aid
should be given by the State. Territor-
ial or Federal Government where the
required expenditures are in excess Of
the abilities OF the local communities
&c stand. Congress should enact spec
ial legislation upon the subject. con-
ferring power upon the Public Health,
Agricultural or War Departments, I'M
der certain restrictions, to aid such
communities in intelligently and ef-
fectively carrying out comprehensive
/ plans tor the determination of the
/ mosquito"
: larnach's Report.
The report Of A. ID. Larnach, who
had charge of the field work, gave a
comprehensive report Of the years
work The following extract sums up
his report:
ITO start with. some OF the most in
telligent of our community were very
dubious as to our being able TO ac-
complish anything, giving as some OF
their reasons that mosquitoes lived In
damp grass, In algeroba trees, In fern
leaves. etc.. all OF which are impossi-
bilities.
These impressions have probably
been gathered from the fact that mos
quitoes seek shelter In all of the above
mentioned places.
with the assistance Of the regular
force OF sanitary inspectors, "a system
attic search for, and collection OF tin
cans, pots. pans, bottles and all con
tainers likely to hold water, was made
and this debris carted to a scoy and
dumped far out to sea. To demon
strate the good we claimed would re-
suit from such cleaning up, and TO in.
terest the citizens in the campaign, this
work was done without any expense
whatever to the householder, ana car
ried on for some months, several hun.
dred tons Of such rubbish being SO dis
posed Of, after which time, the inspect.
ors have been getting people. that dc
not use the regular garbage service
to bury the Objectionable containers
This with the usual warning against
standing water, an appeal to regularly
oil cesspools. ETC.. and thorough dis
tribution of circulars giving lnstruc
lions as to mosquito control-Board Of
Health circular No. 1-were the frs
steps taken.
THE public have been encouraged Il
report places where mosquitoes wer'
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