Show MENACED BY MALARIA Yellow Fever Not the Only Trouble in Panama Washington MaTch March Secretary Taft after aler a brief talk with the president president president dent today toda said it i was a mistaken re me report report port that yellow fever was on the in increase increase increase crease In the American zone in the Isthmus of or Panama In fact said the he secretary r it it is not yellow fever that th t will i give us us the ge most troUble on the isthmus but ma malaria ma mahich malana lana laria which iss Isery prevalent Eventually ally while there are some cases cagg of e t I In the American zone zone we e shaU aoI fo o stamp out that dip dis d afe Ii will 11 be a hard fight however to reduce the trouble arising from froth ma malarial larla Authorities of the marine hospital service s are doing doin everything in their thir th ir power to combat both yellow elow fever and malaria in Panama Panama In the th City of Panama fumigation ot buildings is be being being being ing carried on on an extensive scale and the th utmost care is being exercised to prevent the Introduction of yellow fever through vessels ves ls reaching Panama from South American countries where the fever is known to exist Systematic attacks also ah are being made on the breeding places of the mosquito with the idea of destroying the insects which carry the germs of the fever Efforts are being nade nad to improve the drinking water and to furnish a supply to toe the people which shall be free Cree from germs gens gensor or impurities im of all al kinds |