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Show Italy's Fight Agslnst Malaria. Reports from American consular officers of-ficers In Genoa and Leghorn, prepared In response of Inquiries from the United Unit-ed States as to the market In Italy for a remedy for malaria, show that the prevalence of malaria In that kingdom king-dom has steadily declined In rocent years, mainly due, It Is stated, to, the. energetic measures of the Italian government. gov-ernment. Quinine prepared at tba State Military Pharmacy at Turin la said by Consul General James A. Smith to be on sale at all government tobacco shops at 4 cents a gram and Is distributed gratis to poor patltnU. Consul Frank Deedmeyer writes that In 1911 the number of deaths In Italy caused by malaria was estimated at S.500 In a total population of over 83,000,000. Dally Consular and Trad Reports. |