RAVAGES OF MALARIA.
.'■• INDIAN .DEAT,H.KQLL,,; ; .. . ; MOSQUITO:SUPrEESsiON AND QUININE. Illy Tolceraph.-l'rcM A, | ,oclntlon.-C,ip,rli!hl.i . . ' Calcutta, October 13. ' The Malaria Conference;has opened at' Simla. There are forty delegates present from all parts of India, alid 'the-Viceroy (Lord Mihto) is presiding. ..-■,-; ■-;■';.' ■ :.-.•■■ .-' •■'.,- ;■ -: •'■•••: ■• ■ ■..It.was stated that fever.depths,in,lndia during tho last decade had averaged nearly four and a half, millions annually!"' Last year ttiere wore)five and a half million deaths, owing to an; epidemic in, the United Provinces and the Punjab. l Mosquito extermination was ■largely; an administrator's problom , . This' and the quinine remedy aro • tho. chief problems for discussion. •.''.'■■'.■ : ';..'..- .''■' ■ /.■:
Licutenaiit-Colonel Leslie, 1.M,5.,V J1.8.j Indian Sanitary Commissioner, suggested special provincial agencies to distribute quinine. ''
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 7
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107RAVAGES OF MALARIA. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 7
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