War Surgery and Medicine
Duties and Responsibilities of Malaria Control Unit
Duties and Responsibilities of Malaria Control Unit
The MCU was responsible for training its own and unit squad personnel. It also observed and reported on breaches of malaria discipline, but could not, and was not expected to, accept responsibility for the policing of malaria discipline within units.
Its main function was mosquito control. As soon as possible one or two representatives went to occupied areas to carry out a reconnaissance survey of the malaria situation. They were followed by the rest of the unit. Maps were constructed and all breeding places marked. Areas were then delimited for each unit and unit anti-mosquito squads taken over their areas and closely supervised.