Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1901 — Yellow Faver Goes with Mosquitoes. [ARTICLE]

Yellow Faver Goes with Mosquitoes.

According to the report of Major W. C. Gorgas, of the army medical department at Havana, yellow fever has been wiped out there, and what Is of equal If not greater importance Is the fact that the practical extermination of the mosfquito has brought about this result. All the pools In Havana and Its suburbs have been rid of the mosquito pest by means of kerosene oil poured on the waters and no water Is allowed to remain standing within the city limits unless It Is made mosquito proof. Since March 1 there has been only one death from yellow fever In Havana, a remarkable record when the hundreds who formerly perished are considered.