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which can be unhesitatingly denounced as tending to foster malaria. These
cannot be removed at once, but their gradual removal is in most cases, we believe,
possible. In the experiments efforts were made to obtain immediate results, and
the permanent removal of widespread insanitary conditions was not attempted.
It is possible that the conditions in Mian Mir were more difficult of control
than in some other cantonments. We have, however, no certain knowledge
of the conditions in other cantonments, and until a detailed examination
and careful mapping of these has been carried out, it is impossible to say
how far measures directed against malaria based upon these lines are likely to be
successful. With regard to quinine administration we think the difficulty of
maintaining efficient administration will prevent this measure from being of much
use as a routine one. Moreover, it appears to us that gradual but permanent im-
provement in the health of stations by well-directed sanitary reforms, wherever
these can be carried out, will in the end yield the best return.

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