New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
CITY'S LATEST PLAGUE
Flwng Bedbugs Join Mosquitoes IN
Cam paign of Discomfort.

Along with plague of moths, consignment Oh
abort all of the Jersey 'skeeter crop eho y pei'ou
of oppressive heat New York has al last ooile M ~
for something entirely new IN disconlor'-hSi,e i,e H
bedbugs This Is according to the deduction rnaoe
by DR.. Edmund B. Southwiek, the city enton,olo-
gist, who had heard of the complaints Iroih Inc
Bronx. where residents for the last TWO I'D! >
have been battling with horde Of small niack
winged bugs that about quarter Oh All men
long, with bumped convex backs. These accord
ing TO DR. Southwick. undoubtedly one oi h'o
six sorts OF insects that belong to the neoous
family and have bite that is worse than thar Oh
any mosquito.
This sort of pest" said DR.. Southwick, Is WIN
Us every year, but every few years there are hke
ly to be an unusually large number OF nyins oeo-
bugs Since they have started operations III 4 ne
Bronx. they will probably sweep down into Nie-i
haitian
I have bee, interested in the swarm of mos
quitoes that have suddenly appeared IN to"n-
suppose other persons are anxious TO hho" "
they came from, and anxious thaI iies 'ahe
q return trip ticket and use IT. They were hoe
bred in New York or otherwise they "ouiu haSo
been at work some time ago. l think they are
from Jersey. They appeared last ihursoss hish,
There had been strong wind from the "es' a
day Thursday In fact. the wind was so stloiie
that it blew down the corn near my ONCE III en-
tral Park. I believe that the mosquitoes
blown over from New Jersey and were uiapie ~
control their flight until they rescben lhie pAo'o0
ton of the tall buildings here.
asked the chance or the HiosduieoNS
winging their way back to the iano Oh coihiiio'
he smiled slightly when he said:
THAT is extremely unlikely They Will propa
by STAY right here during their season OF oPei
tions and New Jersey in its easterly secuoh VIII
probably have fewer mosquitoes than II mas mar
bored for many years.
DR. Southwick asked for more Information
regarding the flying bedbugs- 81 think he re-
marked. that they will explain themselves 'ies
really sweep down into the thickly populated ois-
tricts. People win probably find It easier TO XIII
them than TO slap mosquitoes. because these beetles
not agile and make their presence hiio"H ~
a painful way The best protection is to have all
windows well screened They VIII ieaNe US "a '-
autumn approaches
on Wednesday possibly because of the rain, whlch
kent crowds from the parks and piers But with
the menace the little black bugs it Is iikeiy tha
good housewives will cause boom IN the WIRE
screen trade.
A serious side of the insect invasion was brought
out last night when it learned that at Bellevue
Hospital about sixty live mosquitoes had been capt
ured and are 10 be sent to-day to Dr. A II Doty'
health officer of the port who Will examine them
ascertain whether they have accumulated disease
germs that they might transfer to their vicums
outside the hospital. At Bellevue on Wednesday
night the mosquitoes greatly annoyed the patients
because there are screens on the windows, ana
the insects almost literally swarned into the place
despte the efforts of and orderHes TO shoo
them out Dr. Leroy Smith and DR.. John Drury'
who attend to cases of swollen eyes and lips at
Bellevue have had their work greatly Increased
since the mosquito invasion, fact which sho"s
the widespread injury done.