EXAMPLES OF MOSQUITO EXTERMJNATIVE MEASURES. Ill 



ville, and the towns of Arlington and Belmont, at the inspiration of 

 Mr. W. L. Underwood, a member of one of the boards of health. 

 This was effectively carried out at an expense of S600 without assess- 

 ment upon landholders. An account of this work by Mr. Under- 

 wood is given in the Technology Quarterly of March, 1901. 



The work of the North Shore Improvement Association of Long 

 Island has been mentioned rather fully in the sections on remedies. 

 This work was thorough and resulted in the improved sanitation of 

 that portion of Long Island. In 1903 some extensive work was done 

 in Newport, R. I., at the expense of the property holders, under the 

 direction of Mr. Henry Clay Weeks, with good results. The Citizens' 

 Association of Flushing, Long Island, later took up the problem, 

 and with the assistance of the board of health extensive drainage 

 operations have been carried on but are not yet completed. At 

 Wellfleet, Mass., other work of a somewhat similar character, but 

 directed for the most part against the salt-marsh mosquitoes, is now 

 under way. 



A most interesting bit of work was carried on in the southern part 

 of the Borough of Brooklyn in 1902-3, under the supervision of Mr. 

 Weeks, which has been described in the chapter on remedies. This 

 work, which was of an expensive character, was lately paid for by a 

 private citizen, Mr. Whitney. 



An important step forward was taken in 1903 in the formation of 

 the American Mosquito Extermination Society, in which W. J. 

 Matheson, of New York, the president, and Henry Clay Weeks, 

 also of New York, the secretary, were the leading movers. This 

 society, in which nearly all persons actively interested in the mos- 

 quito crusade became interested, was started for the purpose of edu- 

 cating the public, bringing about legislation, and securing coopera- 

 tion and interchange of ideas. It held its first antimosquito con- 

 vention December 16, 1903, in the rooms of the Board of Trade and 

 Transportation, Mail and Express Building, New York City. The 

 convention was called to order by Mr. Henry Clay Weeks as acting 

 chairman, who made some introductory remarks, after which officers 

 were elected. The following papers were read: 



"How a State Appropriation May be Spent," by John B. Smith. 



"What a Rural Community Can Do," by Walter C. Kerr. 



"The World-Wide Crusade," by L. O. Howard. 



"Does Extermination Exterminate Mosquitoes?" by \Y. J. Matheson. 



"Remarks on Extermination Work at Morristown, New Jersey," by John Claflin. 



"The Extermination and Exclusion of Mosquitoes from Our Public Institutions." 

 by P. H. Bailhache, surgeon, U. S. Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service. 



"Government Antimosquito Work." by Or. .1. C. Perry. 



"The Sphere of Health Departments." by Dr. B. .1. Lederle. 



"The Exactness of Proofs of Transmission of Malaria by Mosquitoes," by Dr. \\ . X. 

 Berkeley. 



"The Long-Distance Theory," by Spencer Miller. 



