War Surgery and Medicine
Avoidance of Man-made Breeding Places
Avoidance of Man-made Breeding Places
One of the greatest difficulties encountered was that, owing to the absence of good roads, unofficial tracks, ruts, and deviations occurred in all directions, and such areas were ideal breeding places for Anopheles punctulatus. Much of the time of malaria control units was spent in dealing with this problem. Weekly checks were made of unit areas. The MCU itself also undertook control of larger projects and areas too remote from combatant units to be easily handled by them. Surveys of local natives were often undertaken by the laboratory technician attached to MCU headquarters. The MCU acted as a supply organisation for knapsack sprayers.