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ernment as the admirable work of the Essex County Mosquito 

 Extermination Commission. 



I have seen much of the tropical countries; I have seen the 

 work done in Panama, on the north coast of South America, in 

 Costa Rica, in Cuba and in Jamaica, but nothing that has been 

 done anywhere in this country or abroad is deserving of more 

 genuine public appreciation than the actual results which have 

 been secured by our county mosquito extermination commissions 

 in the very substantial reduction of the mosquito menace as a 

 direct benefit to the communities. But the public is merely aware 

 of the reduction but not sufficiently familiar with the means by 

 which the extermination results were brought about. The re- 

 sponsibility rests largely with the commissions, which have not 

 realized the importance of adequate publicity, and, in fact, the 

 practical necessity of making public all the details, including 

 maps, of this admirable contribution to the malaria problem, 

 which, after all, rests fundamentally upon the more restricted 

 principle of mosquito extermination by whatever means are best 

 adapted to local conditions, which, of course, vary widely in 

 different communities. 



Qualified opinion is na:turally much at variance as regards the 

 ideal methods of prevention and control. The United States 

 Public Health Service very recently published an interesting 

 bulletin (No. 88) entitled ''Malaria Control" or a report of the 

 demonstration studies conducted in urban and rural sections, 

 which is entitled to special consideration. It is unquestionably 

 one of the most interesting and useful contributions to the 

 recent literature of the subject. It relates chiefly to what has 

 been done in Chicot and Ashley counties, Arkansas. What has 

 been done at Crossett, Ashley County, is unquestionably one of 

 the most conclusive illustrations of effective malaria eradication 

 at reasonable cost. The town itself is a model community, but 

 it was heretofore subject to a heavy malaria case rate which 

 occasionally would keep half the force of labor at local saw- 

 mills out of employment. Merely as a labor question the ex- 

 penditure involved has brought a most satisfactory return. The 

 economiic aspects are best illustrated by the statement that on 



