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NEW GUINEA. MOSQUITO CONTROL. LOCAL MEN EACH WEEK SPRAY ALL CREEK MARGINS, WATER HOLDS, WHEEL RUTS, WATER LOGGED TRACKS, ETC. IN DECEMBER 1942 MALARIA INCIDENCE RESULTED IN 8.9% OF TROOPS RECEIVING TREATMENT EACH WEEK. WITH THE NEW METHODS OF COMBATING MOSQUITOES, MALARIA INCIDENCE FELL TO 0.8% IN TWO MONTHS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. MOSQUITO CONTROL. LOCAL MEN EACH WEEK SPRAY ALL CREEK MARGINS, WATER HOLES, WHEEL RUTS, WATER-LOGGED TRACKS, ETC. IN DECEMBER 1942, MALARIA INCIDENCE RESULTED IN 8.9% OF TROOPS RECEIVING T
NEW GUINEA. MOSQUITO CONTROL. FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF WATER-LOGGED GROUND WILL BE DRAINED BY THIS CHANNEL. FIFTY LOCAL MEN WILL COMPLETE THE WORK IN SIX WEEKS. IN DECEMBER 1942 MALARIA INCIDENCE RESULTE
NEW GUINEA. MOSQUITO CONTROL. FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF WATER LOGGED GROUND WILL BE DRAINED BY THIS CHANNEL. FIFTY LOCALS WILL COMPLETE THE WORK IN SIX WEEKS. IN DECEMBER 1942, MALARIA INCIDENCE RESULTED
DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-06. NATIVE BOYS, EMPLOYED BY THE 18TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT SPRAYING WATER FILLED WHEEL TRACKS WITH MOSQUITO KILLING SPRAY.
NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-01. BEATING THE BUG, MALARIA CONTROL UNITS IN NEW GUINEA HAVE REDUCED THE INCIDENCE OF THE DISEASE TO ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE PROPORTIONS. CORPORAL T. J. SELKRIG OF ASCOT VALE, VIC, IS D
Series number AWM10 Series title Australian Imperial Force Administrative Headquarters registry, "A" (Adjutant-General's Branch) files. Series contents range 1916-1920 Extent 2.2 m Access conditi