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MOSQUITO ERADICATION 



State and town 



Area in 



square 



miles 



Popu- 

 lation, 

 1920 



Total cost 



Cost per 



square 



mile 



Cost per 

 capita 



* Approximate. 



It will be noted that at 32 out of the 45 towns the work cost 

 less than $1.00 per capita. Reducing the cost per square mile 

 to cost per acre, it appears that the average cost per acre was only 

 $1.26. Apropos of this, LePrince 1 says: 



Southern Medical Journal, April, 1921. 



