Show C 49 ra awk civi C U 20 evv am duk V KILL ALL mosquitoes pernicious insects proved lo 10 be active AZ agents ants in the tho cpr adint V M of yellow fever 02 J OL olba bJ L tJ fK some curious and oven even amazing in formation comes from havana as to tha the disappearance ui yellow fever ever through tho the eradication ot of the to the average number of deathe deaths annually in havana bas 1 through a long series of 0 years ranged around in the year that followed iho the begin ning of the war on an mosquitoes thero there were but five the idea that these terrors ot of the night aro the sole 1 curlene cur lere of the yellow scourge la is not new now it was put foith by dr finlay twenty yeara years ago even now it la is doubtful it it would havo have re fed ted any attention from medical dpn or the health boards it if it were not tot for similar results in another field the work ot of major ronald rosa noss of the dr koch and es of an untiring rink band of 0 italian i bacat has conclusively demonstrated that the mosquito is the infecting agent in malaria intermittent faver and all its varied forma forms A year ago the army authorities at havana threw throw aside the usual and precautions against yellow fever ind began a merciless cam laign for or the extermination of the mi mt there walh a view of teat test ing dr theory theor as to yellow lover fever evey lye y yellow fever waa was isolated from possible contact by mears ol 01 netting the house bouso thor hughly fumigated and the insects eo so far as possible killed off bogs and stAg stagnant mant pools wore were filled up kerosene sene was employed extensively whore where filling was too expensive ponda ponds were stocked with surface feeding elsh which ate up the larvae as soon as laid the result Is indicated above in another year yellow fever will be as little known in n cuba and we hope in all the rest of the tho world as smallpox in well bred places now tow con currently with the disappearance of the thief of the tropics will go the second malaria the variety ot of mosquito which carries tho the onti end disease does not carry the other but the two may breed in the namo pool tho the only safe way Is to kill all mon qui toes Ilar harpere Harp pers cre weekly the best of servants get into hot ater |