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nuisance, including the foi^ulatlon of relief measures. This 

 endeavor resulted, eventually, in the establishment of five in- 

 dividual town greenhead fly control projects on the South Shore, 

 and two greenhead fly control districts: the first district com- 

 prising all eeacoast cities and towns between Cape Ann and the 

 Hew Hampshire State line, and tiie second including all fifteen 

 towns In Barnstable County on Cape Cod# 



The midge nuisance is widespread and continues to plague 

 the Board, although two extreme Infestations have been thoroughly 

 studied and control measures formulated. In 1950, an outbreak 

 along the Merrimack Hlver, particularly In the vicinity of 

 Merrimacport, was investigated and the treatment, applied in the 

 late spring of 1951» proved successful. As an extension of this 

 operation the Legislature, by the enactment of Chapter $Q7 of the 

 Acts of 1963, authorised a continuation of this midge investigation 

 along the Merrimack River, from ilaverhill to the River's mouth at 

 Newburyport, In 19^5, ths Legislature enacted Chapter 1^23 of that 

 year, authorizing similar midge control at Musquashiat Pond in 

 North Soituate. After appurtenances were Installed, and the 

 system tested for effectiveness, the operation was turned over 

 to the Scltuate Board of i^ealth. The two above mentioned Instances 

 represwnt the breakthrough on midge control. However, there con- 

 tinues to exist certain midge infestations which, presently, defy 

 our maximum efforts. 



Aquatic weed control, another rather recently laitisted 

 pest control activity, authorized by Chapter 557 of the Acts of 



