The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-11-18


y by this kind. X
X If malarial fever ever gets in x
x here it will absolutely ruin the X
x country. X
y elf we could stop the grow X
x ing of rice within the city it X
+ would help in the crusade X
4; tracts from address by DR.. Sin X
x clair, United States Marine 4
X Hospital Service, before the x
X Red Cross Society. Il
X y y \ x X X x X X 4 X X x x X x
Ruin and devastation face the people
of these Islands if the mosquito is not
exterminated, yellow and malarial few
er are certain to be introduced if the
breeding places for mosquitoes are not
eliminated, and if ordinary diligence is
not exhibited by residents GU and about
their own premises, the mosquito pest
will soon become dangerous and crisis
will come which tine community will
Lave to meet with drastic measures
which win entail large expenditure
of public money and stagnation of
business.
Such are the conclusions reached by.
Dr. A. n. Sinclair, surgeon of the
United States Marine Hospital Service
and connected with the territorial
board of health, made in an address be-
fore the Red Cross Society yesterday
afternoon in the chambers of Federal
Judge S. B. Dole DIR. Sinclair, how
ever, did not draw an alarmist picture
,f -k,A a.,
guitoes is not carried on in a practical
way, but in simple, straightforward
language, based ON data derived from
close study of the ravages of dis
eases that may be spread by mosqui-
toes, the surgeon told the society that
now was the time to inaugurate a de-
cisive battle with the pest. This con-
clusion was reached on account of the
connections now made between South
American and Mexican ports with Ho-
nolulu direct, and the opportunities for
the dreaded yellow fever seems to be
brought here from ports of those coun-
tries, ports which have time and again
been visited by disaster in the form
of yellow fever and malaria outbreaks.
War to the Death.
cit is an important thing to exter-
inmate the mosquito, said DR.. Sin
clair, "and if l make you believe he
ought to be eXterminated l think L
shall be successful. Why should we
exterminate the mosquito Because,
if we don t exterminate him, he is 60
| ing to eXterminate us. 1t is battle
between us and the sooner we get into
the field the better
sGrThp 1nnsu.i+n - fha curriar IF +ba
two most dangerous diseases we may
have to face-yellow and malarial
fever. Yellow fever is rapid and al
most as fatal as cholera. L have not
seen it here, but it only needs to get
TO us here to show us its fatal results.
cam individual can only infect the
mosquito during the first three days of
his illness, but the mosquito once in
fected lives quite a long while, and his
bite transmits fever. Although some
say a mosquito g life is very short, yet
have known them to live two and
three months, and mosquitoes frozen
in ice have hibernated and when the
spring comes around, he emerges into
life again.
Malaria More Fearsome.
$50 far as yellow fever is concerned
don't think we need fear SO very
much What we have to be most care
full of is the mosquito which spreads
malarial fever, for malaria is not a
quarantine disease under the laws of
the United States. / believe there are
many people, and many medical men
too, who claim that to get malarial
| fever you must have a certain kind of
mosquito. 1 made a statement before
the medical society one time which
created an uprOar Finally the leader
of the opposition admitted we had ma
larial fever but it was not the kind
described in the books, and that was
satisfactory TO me.
Dry Up.
cit is no light thing to talk about
getting rid of the mosquito, but now
is the time to get ready. The yellow
fever mosquito is the day fellow. The
sting is worse tlan that of the night
kind. He is a gray, striped fellow
You cannot go ont cunning for mos
| quitoes. The only way to do is II
deprive him of his habitat--water. That
is the way 10 fight him. Deprive him
of his water habitat There are numer
Gus breeding places all around your
| hpuSNas ~ requires EiN1b uNai VI cart
end supervision around your own prem
ses, but II will be effective.
"In my own house ] lately noticed
an thrush of mosquitoes. The house il
screened. Finally / fonnd that tn,
water cups under the legs Of the meat
safe and the refrigerator were swarm
ing with wrigglers, Look az your OWL
water cups and you will probably find
1 . NHaa n L..
water. You will ind wrigglors In empty
cans, and bottles lying around your
yards aud many other places"
Ask Legislative Help.
Dr. Sinclair advised calling upon ths
legislature 40 asa ga The campaign
against ihe mofquiOes Only a prop
erly conducted campaign would accom-
plish TefnltF