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the bad name tliey g-ive a locality keeps population away. 

 A crusade against the mosquito plague should go hand in 

 hand with local enterprise. The abolition of the pest 

 would be the greatest victory achieved in the whole 

 career of the Newark community." 



They show that Newark has a magnificent w^ater-sup- 

 ply ; possesses a large park area ; is about to build a 

 city-hall, is to cleanse the Passaic Eiver of its filth, and 

 dredge it to make a larger channel. Finally it is urged 

 that the meadows be reclaimed, and that the marshes 

 along the bay be diked. 



The Hoboken (N. J.) Observe)', nndei' date of October 8, 

 1900, says that the draining of the meadows and other 

 low lands lying between Hoboken and Jersey City, and 

 betAveen Jersey City and the Passaic River, has become 

 an urgent matter and has long been agitated from a com- 

 mercial standpoint, but these fens and meadows are 

 breeding-places for mosquitoes. Reports of the bureaus 

 of vital statistics show that the majority of deaths are 

 caused by zymotic diseases. 



The Roman correspondent of the London Standard of 

 January 14, 1901, states that the annual parliamentary 

 report on the measures for improving the sanitary con- 

 ditions and promoting the agricultural prospect of the 

 Roman Campagna shows that, while the rural popular 

 district is constantly increasing, fever becomes more and 

 more rare. The jjroportion of fever-stricken land has 

 been reduced fifty per cent, by these measures. The cul- 

 tivation of the region under the new conditions has in 

 many instances yielded splendid results, and a number 



