The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-21
DIFFERENTIATION OF THE MOSQUITO.
Beginning of a Crusade That VIII BE
Far Reaching.

DR.. L. o. Howard, in the Century.
1t is my firm opinion that, widespread as
the interest in mosquito determination
seems to be at present, it is not a tempo
rary interest, but the beginning of a great
and Intelligent crusade. My own CORE
.spondence on the subject has been little
less than l have received dur
ing the past year many thousands of let
tiers about mosquitoes, most of them in
curing about methods of relieving individ-
ual houses, nei~ghborhoods and communities
from these annoying and dangerous crea-
lures. New Jersey, a State which has suf-
fered a great economic loss from the
abundance of mosquitoes. is giving atten-
ton to the matter. not only in isolated
communities as community work. but also
by State action, the Legislature having
passed a bill to promote Investigations, but,
unfortunately, without an appropriation.
Last summer the towns of Summit and
South Orange carried on community work,
which is to be continued this summer. The
cities of Elizabeth, Newark and Jersey City
are, i believe, to do some drainage work
with this end in view. The work to which
Mr.. Weeks's article refers has been large
scale work carried 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 made by Drs. Hirsh-
berg and Dohm. 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 "AlCACotCl dilu ANOilOih. d III q
number of other places are looking into the
matter will a view to immediate effort,
and smaller communities all over the coun-
try, North, South, East and West, either
have the matter under consideration or are
already beginning work. The authorities
of the Michigan Agricultural College. near
Lansing, have authorized their entomolo-
gist, Mr.. Petit, to undertake a mosquito
crusade the present summer DR.. Felt, the
New York State entomologist at Albany,
writes me that he will begin mosquito work
at once, while DIR. Davenport, director of
the Biological Laboratory of the Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences, tells me
that efforts will be made to determine some
practical points of great Importance at
Cold Spring Harbor. Morris Cove and
Lawrence, Long island. are organizing for
work, the latter with an appropriation of
1900. DIR. Stiles is lecturing on anti-mos-
quito work before the Army Medical School
at Washington and testing all the young
army surgeons who nave been ordered in
for instruction. The admirable results.
achieved under our army administration of
sanitary affairs in Cuba nave been an in
spiration. not only to communities in the
United States, but to foreigners. Maj. Rom
aid Ross, of the Liverpool School of Trop-
ical Medicine, writes me, under date of
Feb. 20: by dint of constant driving I
think we are getting this country to do
something at last. 1t is, however, doubt
less the example of Havana that has chief
ly set them going"