New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05
70 KILL MOSQUITOES.
DUTY OF STATE BOARDS.
Hozc to ErtermiRatc These Pur-
reYOrs Of Disease.

washington June AT the nineteenth annual
meeting OF the State and provincial boards Of
health which closed here to-day, a resolution re-
~srding the determination Of mosquitoes was
..zoptea. It declares THAI is the duty Of State
-aa:ds Of health obtain such legislation and ap-
ssrOlriatous may be necessary 10 secure the
drainage Of swamp lands and 70 treat the surface
OF suallow ponds and pools with such substances
as are recognized as destructive the life Of mos
ou,toes % all species. \ paper by Henry Clay
Weeks, secretary of the National Mosquito ENter-
ssination Society, OF Bay Side. Long IslanG' was
Ieac AMI Dr.. L. 0. Howard, chief entomoIoglst
Of the Department Of Agriculture. advocated kero-
eene as the best mosquito killer for all pools or
small bodies Os water where there is q mud or
bottom.
Mr. Weeks said in part:
No more substantial. scientific foundation. to
which has been laid il the experiments and deter
limitations OF Inc men OF science loI IiiXor IF he
mosquito question. They have not only deter
aHo but by Studying its life history they have
discovered the means which should be taken 70
InosouIto fsiIscesthat mosquitoes may breed
FitSeIt vafeT This romance We hear from edu-
Gated persons almost daily Entomologilsts , 4iSS -
oil as an exterminator.
II falls upon those who state that there are etner
means OF contracting malaria and yellow fever
by the bite Of inoculsted mosquito TO prove
their case The reverse has been most clearly
G;iven. then. the certain proof We have OF this
hand for its eliminate there would seem to be
only one course LOT az e os nor For ali boards Of
health, TO whom the public look for their pro1ec-
dately adopted and vigorously carried out and
hat Is to get rid Of The conditions whch Cause i
the Notwithstanding water in every IoIIboF . elSe
make such water PeFeGuy safe oi as b Bv p the in
Doubtless not a single situation exists where the
piled The Question simply is what density 20, OF
Al
centres Of population should stop breeding WITHIN
il they fail 70 act, that the law be framed
pei their acton by the state BOARDS also ti9,.e
beyond the control of cities or towns either on &C
the State should have the authority TO take lands
condemned by its board OF health II necessaIL ogg
io puPc6a 81 70 reimburse itself
The mosquito is a greater real enemy TO the poor
than to the rich. for the poor are competed 10
live where property is cheaper and IN more eX-
posed places, and thus become the victims OF ma
against the pests. they foster the great white
scourge -, ~, 49, l., ~, 49,. .b CO
cePy E whc q represent most Heartily approves Of
the resolution which IS before this conference The
duty-of the State board-that is the wording of
The 70 bring r5 ABOUT Ine bn o OF no
strong the State boards need 10 take the intia
as we know, this is not a subject for popular OPP
position account Of its being an experiment. or
costly, compared with results. II has passed the
stage Of experiment and the results in all ways are
incompara be-especially in those which relate TO
public health.
DR.. Carl L Barnes, Of Chicago. discussed the dis
infection OF bodies where death resulted from
tagious diseases He said that IN cases OF death
resulting from smallpox il is now possible TO en-
balm the body and carry ii through the streets
without danger of contagion.
The delegates Will leave tomorrow for Atlantic
City TO attend the American Medical Association
meeting. The election OF officers for the ensuing
year resulted follows: John S. Fulton, Baltimore.
VIA
ident: J. a. Egan, Springfield. Ill, treasurer;
Gardner T Swarts, Providence, r. l., secretary.
The application OF San Francisco for the meeting
next year was fled. and probably will be accepted
by the executive committee