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I think you will agree with me that to get this drainage work 

 done by private owners it is necessary to modify or alter the 

 present laws, giving greater powers to the Mosquito Extermina- 

 tion Commissions to compel the owners of swamp land, if neces- 

 sary, to do drainage work rather than go through the red tape 

 and loss of time of having notices served through the local 

 Boards of Health. When the proper time arrives for the passage 

 of such a law, I am sure that this Association should lend its 

 influence: as a step in the right direction toward reducing the 

 cost of anti-mosquito work. 



The figures presented by Dr. Headlee last year in his analysis 

 of the cost of the anti-mosquito work, gives us some idea of 

 what will probably be the future cost of the work. An analysis 

 of these figures seem to indicate that the trend of future costs 

 will be about as follows : In municipalities where the population 

 is more than 10,000 people per square mile, the work will be 

 carried on at a cost of from 2 cents to 5: cents per capita per 

 annum, or from $300 to 500 per square mile, provided that very 

 much more thorough work is not demanded by the citizens at 

 large. In counties of f rom 3,000 to 10,000 population per square 

 mile, the cost per capita will probably range from 5 cents to 9 

 cents per capita or from $200 to $300' per square mile. In 

 counties less than 3,000 population per square mile, I think that 

 the cost will range from 9 cents per capita up, with an average 

 of 15 cents per capita per annum;, and that the cost per square 

 mile will be from $75 to $200* per square mile. 



I want, then, to leave these things in your mind: (1) The 

 cost of effective anti-mosquito work in the tropics has been about 

 $1.50 per year. (2) The cost in New Jersey has been only 15 

 cents per year. (3) The tendency of future years will be less 

 money expended by Commissions and more by the owners along 

 somewhat the lines herein indicated. 



I feel sure that the people of New Jersey are perfectly willing 

 to pay 15 cents per capita each year or less, for the reduction of 

 mosquitoes, and the results of the post-card canvasses in the 

 various counties of the State showed that this view was practically 

 unanimously endorsed by the people in these typical counties. 



