270 THE MOSQUITOES OF NEW JERSEY 



The New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association, state-wide 

 society, organized for the special purpose of furthering anti-mosquito 

 work in the state in all its phases, was formed in the year of 1913 by 

 representatives of the mosquito commissions created under the au- 

 thority of Chapter 104, Laws of 1912, the State Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, and certain interested private citizens. This association 

 has now held thirty-one annual conventions and published proceedings 

 of each convention. 



The Associated Executives of Mosquito Control consists of the em- 

 ployees, superintendents, and assistants of the mosquito commissions, 

 holds regular monthly meetings and has become a strong and powerful 

 factor in forwarding mosquito control work. 



No eifort is made in this historical presentation to give attention to 

 extensive mosquito work which has arisen elsewhere in the country. 

 Perhaps the earliest movement of this sort occurred in the State of 

 Connecticut where a well-established program is in operation. More 

 limited work has been undertaken in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. 

 More recently the State of Delaware has undertaken mosquito control 

 on a large scale. The United States Government has become vitally 

 interested in mosquito control as a means of reducing the human dis- 

 ease of malaria, the work being done under the general supervision and 

 control of the United States Public Health Service. The World Wars, 

 through the establishment of military camps and shipyards, brought 

 about a very large increased interest in control of mosquitoes. The 

 availability of large amounts of labor during the last great depression 

 has likewise made possible a great deal of mosquito work which could 

 otherwise not have been done for many years. 



Probably one of the most interesting developments in mosquito con- 

 trol has been the mosquito abatement district occurring in a number 

 of mid-western states and in California. This idea apparently has arisen 

 because political boundaries do not follow the topography of the coun- 

 try. The abatement district may include parts of different political 

 entities. Such an abatement district is drawn up and presented to the 

 voters living therein. The voters decide whether they will have it or 

 not. If they decide to have it, public monies are automatically provided 

 under certain conditions. The abatement district agrees in general with 

 the first principle enunciated in the following chapter, that of elimina- 

 tion or treatment of breeding water, but fails to provide any centralized 

 supervision and control. This failure is obviously due to the feeling that 

 the abatement district may be made sufficiently large and complete not 

 to be seriously influenced by mosquitoes coming from outside. 



