Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-28
MOSQUITO DIFFERENTIATION.
Details of Operations Undergone Near
 the Presidents Home.

Details of Operations Undergone Near
 the Presidents Home.
 It is my firm opinion that, vide spread as the interest in mosquito ex- termination seems to be at present, 1t is not a temporary interest, but the beginning of a great and intelligent crusade. My own correspondence on the subject has been little less than enormous. have received during the past year many thousands of letters about mosquitoes. most of them in quiring about methods for relieving individual houses, neighborhoods and communities from these annoying and dangerous creatures. New Jersey, state which has suffered a great eco- homie loss from the abundance of mosquitoes, is giving attention to the matter not only in isolated comnluni- I ties as community work, but also by state action, the legislature having passed a bill to promote Investigations, but, unfortunately, without an appro- priatior. Last summer the towns of
 Summit and South Orange carried on l community work, which is to be con Itinued this summer. The cities of
 Elizabeth, Newark and Jersey City
 
 work with this end in view. The
 work to which Mir Weeks article re- fers has been large scale work car Tried on by an association of private citizens. Earnest efforts are being made in Baltimore to carry on similar
 work under a city appropriation, and
 a mosquito topographic survey of the
 suburbs of the city. has already been | 1-, TNrc TT;1c1,hnro and nnh111
 The board of health of New Orleans . has taken up the matter, and is doing Intelligent and satisfactory work. , Nashville. Tenn. Rome. Ga, Talladega, :. Ala. Winchester and Norfolk, Va, and
 number of other places are looking into the matter with view to immedi- ate effort, and smaller communities all . over the country, north, south, east , and west, either have, the, matter un' , I der consideration or are ,sa already begin i, ming work. The authorities of the ohMfchigan agricultural college, neal tftIansiiig, have authorized their ento B mologist, MT Petit. to undertake :. mosquito crusade the present summer v Dr Felt, the New York state entomol :. ogist at Albany, writes me that he vii
 Ibegin mosquito work at once, while l. Dr Davenport, director of the biolog = icaI laboratory of the Brooklyn Insti n tute of Arts and Science. tells me tha s efforts will be made to determin f some practical points of great import ance at Gold Springs Harbor. Mol
 ris Cove and Lawrence. l.. l., are or Z ganizing for work. the latter with a $ appropriation of $1.O0O. Dr Stiles F lecturing on anti-mosquito work befor i. the army medical school at Washing = ton, and posting all the young arm < surgeons who have been ordered in fo It instruction. The admirable result C. achieved under our army administrs II tion of sanitary affairs in Cuba hay
 heen an inspiration not only to con
 munities in the United States but
 foreigners. Major Donald Ross {
 the. Liverpool school of tropical med
 cine. wrisaz naa.srnder date of Febrl le ary 20: By dint of constant drivin ld think we are getting this country es do something at last. It is, howeye V doubtless the example of Havana tn;
 has chiefly set them going"
 Ih It appears from all this that exa ln details of so large piece of work ; e, is being carried on by the enterprisir h. and public-spirited members of u Il. North Shore Improvement Associate " of Long Island, as described by d. Weeks, will be virtually of World-Wit ,a interest. 1.-The Century.