[Mosquitos and the State in the report by the head of the Rural Sanitation and Prophylaxis Service of Bahia, 1922].

In 1923, Doctor Sebastião Barroso, head of the Rural Sanitation and Prophylaxis Service of Bahia, submitted a report on the previous year's activities. The document contains information on initiatives coordinated by the entity on rural epidemics and prophylaxis, accompanied by a compilation of the reports by the professionals responsible for the rural prophylaxis units and tables containing data on the different regions in the state, notifications received, and expenses. The section of this document presented here enables us to investigate the state's role in addressing public health issues in a context marked by recurring outbreaks of epidemics, especially yellow fever.