Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20


A great many people do not know
that mosquitoes can be gotten rid
MISUNDERSTANDING wiped
out. They CAN. And what is more,
they should be, for it is neither very
difficult nor very expensive.
Mosquitoes breed only in stagnant
or brackish water, never in damp
places, tall grass, weeds and shrub
berry, although they harbor in such
places to evade the suns rays and
preserve their moisture. The mother
mosquito, flying along, sees small
pool of water, an upturned pail full
of water, or a tin can containing
water, and there she lays her eggs.
Within two weeks the mosquitoes
hatch, full grown, all prepared to
bite.
The common house mosquito is
often found breeding within build
ings, particularly in easements, and
will continue to breed the year
around in places which are continu-
ally kept warm.
There are twenty or more spe-
cies of mosquitoes that can be
found in the temperate zone. All of
them are pestiferous biters, and
some species of them transmit 61s-
ease. All diseases carried by mosqui-
toes are blood diseases, because the
female mosquito can transmit the
germs she receives from the blood
of an infected person.
MANILA
the United States every year have
malaria fever that has been trans
mitted by mosquitoes and the cost
of this disease to the people OF the
nation is more than one hundred
million dollars. People with malaria
ought to consult a doctor at ire
ouent intervals in order that tney
may be cured. Unless cure Is Ell
fected, not only is the person MN
self very ill, but he is a menace TO
his neighborhood. All that is requlr-
ad To spread the disease is for the
female anopheles mosquito to bite
person i'll with malaria, become IN
fected, and after digesting the Dloou
bite a second person. This is aDso-
lutely the only way in which mai
aria is transmitted.
The other chief mosquito-trans-
mitted diseases are yellow fever anu
densue fever. It was yellow fever
that General Gorgas conquered III
Havana and Panama. The last cpl
demic of dengue fever occurred IN
1922 when nearly five hundred thou-
ssnd cases we're reported in south
ern states from the Atlantic TO Cen-
trail Texas. e
The permanent determination OF
all mosquitoes throughout the UNIT
ed States would not be a Formidable
task and there is nothing that woulo
give greater return for the ellorI
and money expended.
The Gorgas Plan of Permanent
Nrosnuito determination calls not
onlv for present eradication OF mos
Quito breeding, but for the pern!a-
nent exhaustion of all mosquito
braeding possibilities that may De
caused by abnormally wet weather
conditions. Any city, town or coun-
trvside that is infested with mosqui-
toes or even has relatively few can
ta freed of them under the Gorgas
Plan P at very reasonable cost. The
Corgas Memorial will show you nov 'v
and YOU probably have engineers
fu11v capable of doing the outlylns
drainage and other work If a spe-
oioIIv trained mosquito engineer
Saai-os U,o a survey and outlines exactly
the necessary procedure under tne
Plan. 80 coronfire
Girls. Rangers and other organIz11o gI1'1o s
youth groups can render lnvalu,.Uiio 'alla,,i I
service in getting rid OF tne niosp~ iospo-
to pest, and the value Oh iIS tnrs andmre a,m% s
tant community service Will enuuie {
"a IanI The next generation, for it is Ger 6
~ in;n ~ that those who participate IN {
tSi9 thia work H now will not tolerate mos '-
,,ris -,,itoes ~ On their premises when they I
ul'1bo VI az bone-owners of tomorrow