B&port on the oontrol of Pyghus & Blrple,r, Italy,


                 Add-?tiOnti PBS tr&n8pOX?t8tiOn beg&A to
beaome etvoileble on Reombsr 26.
  &aPDlie!&. Offjcial informtion indiaatab th&t only PO0 000 tj,n8
of Mpt &nd Ao DDT were oA hand in QM storer. The fifty tons of DDT
crrdemd .by ItD[o for ~~p~ea, w&o not sxpeated 60 arrive until curly $.n
J&iNl&ry,      A ptsraoAA1 visit to the ,QM dump estabLished the fast
.Lhat these were avaiklbla betwsen 500 aad @`JO 000 tina of MYL,-~AA
biti&% r8qUisition of 20060 tins w&8 approrsd and on JJecentBer 57&h
&uthortmtloA `Ia8 rrscrefved to draw up to 200 000 tfn8,
  lvailoble reoorbr Al80 fad&ooted the Bbsenee of hard dusters in
Qiat 8tQF88. A pW8OAti Visit to the dump S@V@&bd 0 8marl Suj#y Of
8&&11 Hudson dUrt&r8 whisk W8P8 A&tar requi8ftioAed. Adequlhte SuJIplies
of this iteaa rerpid3.y bsedlame svsilable, A 8moll number of DoGbIn
dustera, were recMved from riocth &frjlar.
  Consfderable t$cne and emmgy wA8 devoted to the se&r&h for & tub
t&b18 diluaut for th& prcrparation of DDT 1AssQtioide and t9 finding
Tirihma WA81 f!iA
8titablA 8 ti ant for the neGIessary gZ%Adiag &Ad mixiAg OprAtion8,
         lly $MS'@hA8ed at M ahorbltant prim &ml% & very lnfq
Sor pruduot substituted on delivery, & mill fop grinding the DDT mm-
eentrate w&8 found ot the IIA8tltuto Skmterqdco and a golnsnt mixer boll
pawed from the -tieeriAg $aot%on wa8 instalhd ia the WG wfW8houa~.
Due to the poor quaU5ty of talcum mad, ~~~NBXI~K.Q$ Of the fiAti produ-
6 Wa8 &e8&88&~ aILd kW%llty epir.d gm WA8 RQt uvailsnble till &++a.
27th.a. At about the 88se t%me It wao dirroovered that my of the two
ounm War rupporcrdly @ont&inUg yflt were aetu&ily louded.with DDS,
  #ixperlqAat#-wrrr ramfed out to develop A AatirfaAtory Aentafr?-
er WhMh qould be manufwtwred 1oaall.y fat wing @outpressed air in tkr,
appUcscrt%cm of parPdrrr, 8ush a container 18 now arrilable awaiting o&y
8oUP@At Qf OOPP P888ed U$t fQ@ lLar@ SCd9 &@#&8AtiOn,
  CNrMderab 8 delay wa8 enmxmtered hn the mmeipt of qmcial fts~
     P
su@h PI fl88fiightr asladed for the organlaation ot Aight work s1 the
air rafd 8htiteP8,
          O;ohginal plenlr af the AI40 Pub& Health and rO4-
    Z  +a for an 4ftiae rt ths Prefrotura and A dAlouslng
h88dqtm?fi&P8 ati thr. Qotu@%o HrrrpitA&, Thea &rraagCement o&8 caonsridered
U&l8Ati8i+@tWJ'. & iatitUtiCM% fbO.@jk ~UNdW&iQ), th. DiFWtOZ' of
the ~rov~irf &AbOPAtozyti to eStAbli8h hmiiqwrrtsrr SOP the Ty@&8
88rWkoe &I thi8 ~8tt;itutitU& ML r@o@~V@d 023 Deorrabep &&oh lliIIcl aated
        ly, @ASAtiQtn8 bwoa fro& t&j%8 ba8a on D,@isPsbet 15th,
                 (,  ljtll ~8P8QM&& iOF th6 $y#hur 8rrrtiQS WA8 a88fgMd frOr
       He&i&h DepaWmnt of the City ol Nap188 up to Deaember
%h whm p+rrsiarrrl brsyr tiiaome to the orrrvire direatly fro- the srs$lir
&abW QffiM, `Eh& fir8t three dostorr and the f%r8t g~oug Qf PurIJeII
dWj,@W!i frOr the %UKi@i~A% ]D&glF`tWRt W&Z-I) hi- 8Atbf~~toPy and
h&Ye formd th8 lWhU8 fmaa whigh til of' the d~~m$ing pregsam ha4
brlur develop. Requurtr for addition&l dcMtOE8, &ur;er,fio&d Workem
Md offier, 8tlff WUP4 ia'#e#MrA% fS'Uit&A88. Verbal W&hQriMtiCMa fQ?
the hiring of perronae2 rt imu 30 tick reel, L%r& per day 9+&&e& fo sofvo
th% probhm. Ox&&y AfteP th8 CtURf888(bB'-iZhAb&%ity Of the ~M~~ij381,ity
and of the ttalia~`R6d Oro88 4x1 rqg?.&y the pePrwkn+l n&ode4 for 80
*8ipaad* rer+icrcr was reoowse,had go the Ubor off iua.


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  0x1 Dommber 19th, the losal situation
laflltary exhort war disausssd with Colone i OS; 1X ti$ht affaat th8
                        Stone. Thir QWS followed,

by 4% disoussioa with Osncratl FOX, COlOA@l Stone and CohAtSk CPiChtOn
on Deedmbelr 215t. On Daaember 23, Qentirril For made arrangements for
the Typhur Berviu~ to have ~9cess to PB6 80~~~55 of su@ier,trms-
portation zmrl p%rsom%l and mnounaed that the Unit&d States of
Amrim& Typbuis Colamission hard been eruthorized to a8tume til respom-
ribility for th% control of Typhus iu Pql@s.  On Dec&inba~ 24 th,offd
eiriS, +dviors was r%e%ir%d frw AMI IMadguarterol that it would b% ti-
po8#ibh for the UtiATC to tak% ov%r the responsibility for typhus
oontrol. Forturaetr~y 5t we8 possibllr to IU&O arrUqem@ntS to take
advantage of PM faeU%tier during the period of uncertainty a8 to
whom? would be tho flmal reoponsibiltty, With the ratum of &mero~
Pox, the fol;iowiw w%%k, the situatiam WAI; rmlrrLfiad and arr8kAgeneAt8
made f`os th% Uait%d %tater of AmrilDa Typhu8 COlruniSSiOA to take Over
the aativill control of the 24yphur OerVie6 a8 of January 3 1944 under
the imediate direotiom of Goloncal Bishop.



  A8 of Deccmdmr 31 1943
working with t

the typhur control Pd)rViQI) Wl8


IlATE

Dsc.l5

@ 16

n 17

@ 18

a 19

tt 20

w 21

a 22

l@ 23

w 24

u 25

a 26

Iv 27

a 28

@I 29

" 30

* 31

Jan. 1

R 2

104

325

900

1325

1517

1285

897

1245

733

1354

1568

2182

3155

3113

L428

2082

26924

-IL

-I

17

300

-

*-.

400

437

300

500

SO0

HI

-IL       4.46       2523

-1

-a

*"

--

-"

--

600.

600

180       1328

so0

447

2773

-

--

-

I-

--

862

r-------- ---

TOTAL
DA.PLY
IJUSTINGE.

7fJo

581

492

1065

9oi3

1325

1534

1585

897

1245

1133

1791

246%

4u4

S163

7331

5916

SO51

8459

51780


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  The Contact Delousing Service aas responsible'between
Dec. 16th. ami Janwry 2 for cslling attention to lb4 possible
cases of typhus not found jmeviously listed aliiong reported co-
ses. The Case Finding E1ervLce culled attention to m klditicnal
87suspect ua8es. Wo informatkon is available as to wheat percents
ge of these case% were finaLly accepted ~1s typhus.