Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.

  • Madras (India). Health Department.
Date:
[1936]
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Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 40/2/63/S. Station Staff Office. Fort St. George, Madras. To Tbe Health Officer, Corporation of Madras. Subject:—Stegomyia control measures. Ref: Your letter No. H. D. 0. 6083/36 dated 10th September 1936. A close survey of and a regular and systematic campaign for removal of all brealing- places of mosquitoes is continually being conducted in Fort. St. George. A very close watch is kept particulary on the moat where potential places are oiled or banks trimmed as the case demands. Notwithstanding all these careful measures there ara still many mosguitoes in and about the Fort and it is felt that this cannot be improved further with the many obstacles that seem to be unsurmountable so far as the efficient disposal of waste water is coacerael. It is felt that this is a potent factor militating against the efforts to reduce the numbers of mo3qai* toes prevalent. No Stegomyia mosquitoes have been found in the Fort. Sd/- Lt. Colonel, Commanding at Madras. To a further correspondence as to whether anti-mosquito measures are conducted and whether Stegomyia mosquitoes are prevalent in the Ordnance Lines, the reply received from, the officer, Fort St. George, is as follows: No. 40/2/67/S. S tation Staff Office, Fort St. George, Madras. 6th October 1936. To The Health Officer, Corporation of Madras. Subject: Stegomyia control measures. Reference your letter No. H. D. 0. 10136/35 dated 30th September 1936. Anti-mosquito measures are being conducted in the Ordnance Lines. No Stegomyia unosquitoes are prevalent in that area. Sd/- Captain, Station Staff Officer, Madras. j.