. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . t health. Summary: To prevent malaria, getrid of the anopheles mosquito. To avoidannoyance and discomfort, loss of sleepand skin irritation and occasionally bloodpoisoning therefrom, get rid of all mos-quitoes—by the destruction of their breeding places and shelters. Themethods best adapted to this end are:Cutting down weeds and high grass,draining or filling in swamps and marshes,a general community cleaning up and theremoval of receptacles holding stagnantwater; by oiling the surface of water col-lections that do not permit of othermeasures of treatm
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . t health. Summary: To prevent malaria, getrid of the anopheles mosquito. To avoidannoyance and discomfort, loss of sleepand skin irritation and occasionally bloodpoisoning therefrom, get rid of all mos-quitoes—by the destruction of their breeding places and shelters. Themethods best adapted to this end are:Cutting down weeds and high grass,draining or filling in swamps and marshes,a general community cleaning up and theremoval of receptacles holding stagnantwater; by oiling the surface of water col-lections that do not permit of othermeasures of treatment as above outlined,by introducing into sluggish streams fishof the minnow species, which devour thelarvae, by swatting, and by the fumi-gation of houses and cellars, followed bysweeping up and burning the stupefiedmosquitoes. Second: The thorough screening ofhouses, camp cars, etc., against the in-vasion of the mosquito. Third: In infested districts to im-munize well people against malaria bysmall doses of quinine, frequently admin-. SPRAYING SURFACE OF WATER WITHKEROSENE OIL TO DESTROY BABYMOSQUITOES istered, and to treat those suffering withmalaria until they are completely curedand cease, as carriers, to be a menaceto others, and by keeping such personswithin screened homes at night untilcured. One of the most satisfactory known remedies for mosquito bites is household recommended are alcohol, glycerin and moist soap rubbed gently over the punctures. l iii l A two-cent smile gets more for you than a ten dollar frown. Get together—too many cooks may spoil the broth, but it takes all hands andthe cook to keep Safety work stirred up.—Henry Bergstrom, Member ChicagoDivisional Safety First Committee. * i? i II 1; 52 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE
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