8 N. J. Mosquito Extermination Association 



It was not known in advance how many camps were to be es- 

 tablished, when or where they were to be located, nor what force 

 of trained engineers, foremen and labor would be needed, but it 

 was very apparent that as soon as each camp site was approved, 

 mosquito control measures and drainage operations should be ex- 

 pedited in order to head off malaria transmission in that locality. 

 The shortage of efficient labor and necessity of obtaining funds 

 that could be applied immediately were very important items. In 

 some cases it was an extremely difficult and slow process to con- 

 vince the local authorities of the urgent necessity of appropriating 

 necessary funds immediately and valuable time was lost, but as a 

 whole, the support given by the town and county authorities of the 

 Southern States has been very encouraging. It is gratifying to note 

 the strong and immediate financial support given to protection of 

 health of our enlisted men by the Chamber of Commerce of Little 

 Rock and all cantonment towns in Mississippi. The mayor and city 

 authorities of Jackson, Mississippi, decided to institute a malaria 

 campaign whether their proposed camp site was accepted or not, 

 and have carried on an active and efficient campaign that is a credit 

 to that town and the state. 



The malaria and sanitary control measures instituted along the 

 Mississippi Gulf Coast from Biloxi to Pass Christian, and the solid 

 financial support given by the local and county authorities there, has 

 rapidly made that area practically free from malaria transmission, 

 and the local advantages of that residential area will soon be more 

 apparent to the public at large. It is now the longest known area 

 of our southern seacoast practically free of the malaria convey- 

 ing mosquito and without doubt this far sighted progressive and 

 patriotic policy will soon pay well as a financial investment as it has 

 done in many instances elsewhere. 



Local Drainage Problems, Etc. 



In the environment of some cantonments and wa\r industry 

 towns, the drainage problems have been simple, and consisted largely 

 of rechanneling existing water courses and pond control. At others, 

 large ditches were necessary, and steam shovels were used. In 

 some cases it was found more economical to install ditches by the 

 use of dynamite. 



