Salads, danger of, 58 Sambon _cited_, 95 Sand dunes as sites of houses, 2 Santonin, round worms expelled by, 181 Scandinavia, mosquitoes in, 101 _Science Siftings_ quoted, 74 Scorpions, 22, 115 Scurvy-- Infantile, due to sterilised milk, 49 Vegetable food, prevented by, 57 Sea water bathing for prickly heat, 177 Silk as wearing material in the tropics, 23 Singapore, 25 Sleeping arrangements in the tropics, 32; outdoor, 124 Sleeping sickness, 93, 164-166 Small-pox, 163-164 Smoke, mosquito destruction by means of, 113-115 Snakes, poisonous, 22 Solah hats, 29-30, 169-170 “Soothing Syrups,” 74 Soups-- Disease germs cultivated in, 48 Tinned, 61 Soy bean, 57 Spinach, 57 Spine, protection of, from sun’s rays, 30-31 Sprue, 150 Stagnant water, danger of, in malarial countries, 101, 102 Starched materials, unsuitability of, for hot climates, 26 Steel girders-- _Chang_ houses, for, 6 Substituting for wooden beams, advisability of, 15 _Stegomyia_-- Characteristics of, 102 Eggs of, figure of, 95 Family of, 97 Stimulants, use of, in malaria, 128-129 Straw, damp, mosquitoes driven out of houses by burning of, 114 Subterranean chambers in extreme heat, 13-14 Sugar in children’s diet, 77 Sulphur fumes-- Meat preserved by, 55 Mosquitoes destroyed by, 114-115 Plague, disinfection against, by, 161 Sulphuric acid, effect of, on the cholera germ, 137 Sun-dried bricks, properties of, as building material, 14-15 Sunshades, 33 Sunstroke, 29, 166-174 Swimming baths, disuse of, in India, 67 “Swiss Cottage Tent,” 85 Symes, Dr. J. O., _cited_, 74 Symmonds, Mr., of Rosa, 124 _Taikhana_, 13-14 Tape-worms-- Danger of, from uncooked meat, 55 Life history of, 183 “Tatties,” description and use of, 70 Tea for cleansing teeth, 45 Temperature limits within which malaria can be developed, 92 Tents-- Construction of, principles to be followed in, 84-86 English and Indian makes, 83-84, 86 Terraced roofs, suitability of, in tropical climates, 18 Thatch as roofing material, 15-16 Theobald, Mr., _cited_, 95 Thermantidote, description and use of, 70-71 Thread worms, 180-181 Thur dal, 60 Thymol as vermifuge, 182 Ticks, 94 Tiles as roofing material, 17 Timber, drawback to use of, in tropical buildings, 5-6, 15 Tinned provisions, 61-62 Tobacco, mosquitoes destroyed by fumes of, 114 Tomatoes, 58, 136 Total abstinence and health, 62 Train inspections, value of? in plague outbreaks, 161 Trees, avoidance of, in choice of dwelling sites, 2 Trousers, arranging, to protect against mosquitoes, 117, 118 _Trypanosomes_, 164, 165 Turban, the, 30 Tussur serge for outer garments, 29 “Twilled Lining” suitable for underwear in tropical climates, 27-28 Typhoid fever-- Contraction of, through fly-fouled food, 48 Conveyance of, 35 Hill stations, endemic in, 80