8 N. J. Mosquito Exte:rmination Association 



mosquito bill passed the Legislature, and he worked very hard 

 for the passage of the bill. 



The paper from Hudson County will be read by Dr. John 

 Connelly, a member of the Hudson County Commission. 



Progress in Mosquito Work in Hudson County 



BY THOMAS M. D0NNE:I.Y, JKRSE:y CITY, N. J. 



The mosquito reduction work done in Hudson County since the 

 organization of the Commission in 191 3, and the methods pur- 

 sued by us, have been so clearly set forth in our published annual 

 reports, as well as reports submitted at your annual meetings, 

 that it would seem inadvisable to burden you with a lengthy 

 review of matters already passed upon. Then, too, our time 

 is limited, and my report must of necessity be brief. 



Our operations during the past season differ not essentially 

 from the methods pursued in former seasons. No uncertain or 

 experimental methods of mosquito control were adopted — for 

 which we do not apologize nor account ourselves lacking in 

 initiative, because our own experience has convinced us that the 

 prosecution of our work, while perhaps not as successful as we 

 would wish it to be, is, nevertheless, satisfactory from the stand- 

 point of economy as well as efficiency. 



The drainage system installed in our county, covering now 

 about 80 per cent of our entire meadow territory, is rendering 

 almost 100 per cent efficiency, except a small territory which 

 is hemmed in by almost insurmountable barriers and inadequate 

 outlets, and upon which is daily dumped hundreds of thousands 

 of gallons of commercial water. This section is known as the 

 Arlington Meadows, and is in close proximity to the Frank 

 Creek section, from both of which one considerable brood issued 

 July 12 last. Up to this date both sections were kept entirely 

 safe. This brood was exceedingly troublesome for about three 

 weeks. The conditions here referred to cannot be thoroughly 

 controlled until such time as the sewage and commercial water 

 here deposited are diverted to a trunk sewer which is being con- 

 structed, and which we hope to see completed in the near future. 



