Milford chronicle., 1928-02-03
|REHOBOTH HAS =
PLAN TO KILL
THE MOSQUITO
Would Cost $1,000 To Eliminate
Pests In Two Mile Area'-R. c.
Beckett Making Survey.

II will cost approximately $1,000
TO eliminate the mosquitoes in two
mile radius of Rehoboth, according
to an official survey made by r. c
Beckett, sanitary engineer of the
State Board of Health. Every one
e who has visited Rehoboth or any
3 other seashOre resort along the At
lantic Coast, which are partly sur
rounded by swampy land, realize
how much more peaceful it would De
without mosquitoes. The investiga-
s tion was conducted at the suggestion
of ]. Hall Anderson, member oil tne
town commission of Rehoboth. IN
enaaking of his investigation, MI
s Beckett said: .Lo
.,,Tbe most vulnerable point in the
mnsouito life is the wriggler stage
--berein the larvae must have water
For continuance of the life cycle
Hence the phrase, no stagnant wa
+sr no MOSQUITOES, which While NeT!
true involves many problems
"Fresh water mosquitoes Dreen III
water of 2 per cent salinity or less,
while salt marsh mosquitoes pIeeS 'f
in water with a salinity content VI
400 per cent. Mosquitoes Dreeu III
,,,os+ anv place where water IS re-
+ained for 10 or Is days such as IN
niaces of paper, bottles, tin cans
lars buckets. cesspOols, clsterlls,
Toof Il' cutters. ground pools, eddies OF
streams, etc. .o.o,,,i+oes
\ ,,e,,o11v are limited in their hlght
range of 10 miles, the house MUS
ouito TO 21b miles at the most' anu
the % salt marsh mosquito on WINDS
,,-i+t loss than 10 miles velocity anu
at SO degrees temperature have peen
I,nown to travel from 80 to 56 miles,
Ordinarily. flight ranges are causeu
bv +be intensity of the brood oil mos
n,,itoas some going extremelytar III
search of food. s...,,
"NIalarial mosquitoes anu lieSH
water types are usually easily con
+rolIad within a designated area.
However. much effective work may
1e DESTROYED over night for snort
noriods bv the migration oil salt
marsh MOSQUITOES from areas wltnlh
the immediate vicinity OF mosquito
control area. 1o,,ot,o+b
where effective local work Within iil
the immediate enYirons Of RenoDotn
NAV be and probably will be OD-
scured temporarily, at different tiI!es
during the summer season by the IN
vasion of salt marsh mosquitoes
carried by southerly and soutl"ss-
terlv winds from Rehoboth and IN
dian River Bay. This merely en-
Dbasizes the fact that any program
adopted in Rehoboth must be spreau
over several years, controlling irsC
of all MOSQUITOES in the immedlate |
neiobhorhood of RehObOth and at Ihe |
same time doing what permanent
work the funds will permit, such as
ditching of the marsh lands ana tIe
drainage of all water areas posslpIe
which would cause no public op-
lection. This drainage OF course
does not contemplate the drying up
of Silver Lake and other places as
these can be controlled by ether
methods. namely, clearing the edges
of the pond and fish control. Olllng
would naturally be Objectionable
where bathing or boating occurs.
each year some permanent WORK
should be done on the marshes en-
circling Rehoboth Bay and all the
inlets to the bay, then later the same
work should be done in Indian RlV-
or Bay. Were the tide in the two
bavs of a greater drop more effective
and cheaper work could be done.
NIosouito control in these two bays
is one more argument for the open
ing of Indian River outlet to permit ]
the daily entrance of tide water. A
second opening in Rehoboth Bay
would further facilitate the action OF ]
the tides causing periodic flooding OF {
The marshes with benefit of tlsh
control plus quick draining helped
,y adequate ditching of the marsh S
and. [
Temporary work on control work {
designed to eliminate immediate I
luisances should be accomplished by t
illing to grade, draining, stocking e
With fish, and oiling or treating with c
arvicide. This work goes on con- e
inuously while at the same time 5
work looking to the elm I
nation of areas by draining, ditch L
ne or diking is being planned and i !
arried out from year to year. Per n
nanent work means cutting down 2
he high maintenance costs such as u
ccurs in so called temporary work. h
Several days, at different inter g
ais during this and last year, have O
cen spent surveying the environs of "
.ehoboth for the purpose of locating o
ypical mosquito breeding areas. On II
be last day, was ably assisted by N
red Kunsman, water works opera
Or, who is familiar with every foot :
f the ground in and about Rehoboth.
Among the typical breeding
-, eon4So,o r,o-+I, of Dahn.