The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-12
ANNIHILATORSOFT SKERFER
CONVENTIONO OF VOLUNTEER AIDS
OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.

Lawn IL Best Moved or NOt-ViIIage
Health OnIcer, Who Lives on Malaria
and Summer Complaint, Catches II.
The American Mosquito determination
Society held it's third annual convention
Yesterday at the Aquarium. TIT dole
gates adopted a mosquito creed of twelve
articles, but left the question Of moving
the lawn up in the air. One OF Andrew
Carnegie's institute professors attacked
village doctors and was called down by
the president OF the Long Island Farmers
Club.
euler pipiens was unanimously voted to
be the champion short distance flying
MOSQUITO, and euler solicitdns the best
long haul insect on wings:
Edward Hagaman Hall was assistant
secretary OF the convention. It is the
only organization for determination to
which he belongs. He Is, on the contrary,
the greatest living preservative, and is
secretary of every society known to exist
for the preservation of sites. There are
those who think that Mr.. Hall has allied
himself with the mosquito society merely
10 get early and official knowledge Of the
spots in which the mosquitoes are ex-
terminated, SO that later on he can be the
founder and secretary mot assistant score
tary) Of the Society for the Preservation
NJ the Sites on which the Jersey euler
nipicns was e~xterminated He sat for
three hours yesterday afternoon with his
back against a hatchery without thinking
Of a single new society to organize.
The creed as adopted was. briefly:
Article I'VE believe that there are over
100 species Of mosquitoes.
Article 2-we believe that they breed only
in water, that they breed In water in old
%cistarns, holes in trees. and in old tin cans.
Article S-We believe that q mosquito
must be from one to three weeks old before
it can ny, that some live several months.
others only one month, that some females
Law 800 eggs, others only single eggs.
Article I've believe that they do not
breed in grass.
Article 5-We believe that so me are do
nestle, that some are migratory. that some
are wild with no defined habits.
Article Eve believe that the domestic
mosquito. culer pipiens. or gnat that peep
peeps" like a chicken. breeds in fresh water
and flies only a short distance. but quickly
10 houses.
Article We believe that the migratory
MOSQUITO, euler soiiicitdns, breeds In salt
marshes and flies a long distance. seldom en-
tering houses.
Article s-We believe that the mosquito
is the only known natural means Of carrying
malaria and yellow fever.
Article s-We believe that the genius 0no-
phales flies but a few hundred yards. so the
local work OF determination is OF great I'M
portance.
Article lo-We believe that the most dan ger
GUS mosquito in the tropics Is ste0omVtd
t~asciuta, the yellow fever mosquito.
Article live believe that the mosquito
bites more than once.
Article l2-We believe that the mosquito
is a useless and dangerous pest that nay be
removed.
DR.. P. H. Bailhoche of the Marine Hospital
wanted Article 4 amended, because, he said,
it would mislead, and lazy persons might
take 1t as an excuse not to cut their grass.
Mosquitoes do breed" he said, "in the
little pools that remain ~stagnant about
the roots Of long grass
DR.. Charles B. Davenport OF the Carnegie
Institute and Cold Spring Harbor opposed
any amendment, and said thai he hoped
people would not cut the grass. THE
alRse," he explained, cannot live in grass
without sunlight, and the young mos
quitoes can't live unless they have the
algR to feed on: So if you. cut the grass
alg8 live and furnish ~sustenance for the
mosquitoes
The matter was dropped there.
Later on the Carnegie Institute professor
read a paper on village health boards,
which, he said were for the most part in
about Long Island. m
Most Of these villa e boards Of health
he said. ARE made up OF ex officio MEM
beers, who know nothing about the matter,
health officer is usually the village ply
sician who depends for his practice upon
the diseases OF the community. "a such
a man safely be intrusted to remove the
causes Of disease2 I'm not 30 sure that
the ideals Of the average country prac.
titioner are high enough to qualify him
for the work Of determination. 1 delivered
one lecture in the country on flies and
mosquitoes, urged their extermination and
said that they were responsible for malaria
and summer complaint. After the lecture
the village doctor told me that 90 per cent.
of his income came from his treatment OF
the two diseases ! had mentioned and he
wanted to now what would become OF him
il the insects were exterminated.
These health officers should be sanitary
no private practice. Unless some such
provision as that is made the mosquito
legislation will be Of little benefit
When DIR. Davenport had ended an elderly
man, who was not a delegate, jumped up
to take exceptions.
aTm not q member here" he said, shut
l want TO resent and deny these charges
against Long Island. There are no mos
quitoes to speak OF there and no malaria"
After adjournment the champion Of Long
Island was asked who he was. sim a
we'll known club man on the Island, . he
said. I'm John O'Donnell Of Jamaica,
president Of the Long Island Farmers
Club
William j. Matheson; who presided yes
terday, was reelected president, and all the
other officers of the society were chosen to
serve another year.