The prevention of malaria.

Date:
1945
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The prevention of malaria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) Malarious Areas ALL the Middle East is malarious, with certain exceptions which are laid down either in Standing Orders for War, -M.E.F., para. 1084, 6 (ii), or in Command Orders. As these exceptions are liable to be changed they are not given here. 4. METHODS OF MALARIA PREVENTION TO BE CARRIED OUT BY UNIT COMMANDERS (a) Selection of Healthy Sites for Camps It is laid down that, before any camp is sited a recon- naissance must be made by a party which will include an officer of the medical services who will be detailed by the H.Q. of the Formation or Area concerned to advise on the site from the malaria point of view. If the recommendations of this officer, as detailed in his report, are not followed, the reasons for not doing so must be given. It is obvious that camp sites must be selected with great care when operating in malarious areas. A unit camped on an unsuitable site may become severely infected with malaria, and even one night spent in such a place may give rise to a large amount of sickness. Camps should be located as far as possible from villages or habitations, and from marshes and streams which are known or are suspected to be breeding places of mosquitoes. The fact that it may be necessary to transport water over increased distances should not over-ride the desirability of avoiding proximity to dangerous mosquito- breeding places. Where military considerations make it imperative to occupy unsuitable camp sites, preventive measures against malaria should be undertaken with special thoroughness. Attempts should be made to keep the main body of the troops in a healthy site at night, and to reduce the number present in an unhealthy one to an absolute minimum, (b) Equipment of Troops Entering Malarious Areas Units, parties or individuais proceeding into malarious areas during the malaria season should be fully supplied with all the necessary anti-malaria equipment and stores before going there.