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AT a meeting of the Ross Institute Industrial Advisory Committee held on April 21 with Mr. G. H. Masefield in the chair, reports were presented upon malaria control in Ceylon, and upon housing and air-conditioning in the tropics. Sir Malcolm Watson spoke on anti-malarial oil for treating water in order to destroy mosquito larvae. An almost perfect anti-malarial mixture has been compounded, but it is very necessary to employ the right kind of oils, which are not always available. The conveyance of disease by aircraft was another subject discussed, particularly by transmission of infected mosquitoes, and it was mentioned that an apparatus had been recently devised for disinfestation during flight.
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The Ross Institute Industrial Advisory Committee. Nature 143, 1017 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/1431017d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1431017d0