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To put an end to the breeding in one area we made a canvass 

 of the variotis clubs and larger houses at Princeton, telling them that 

 ashes could be carted to this place, and we had a very satisfactory 

 system of dumping going on. Unfortunately we did not have any 

 man to guard this dumping. In the spring previous to last summer 

 it went on at a very large rate, and of course every driver came and 

 dumped it off in the easiest place, with the result that various little 

 pockets were left. The government sent Dr. Percy Moore down, 

 who found large numbers of anopheles larvae, and having called 

 our attention to that, and also the possibility that two cases of malaria 

 in the naval unit at Princeton and one or two more in the town 

 were the results of this, we immediately started oiling and got rid 

 of the larvae. After three or four days' work by a couple of men 

 we were able to redistribute this dumping in such a way that the 

 small fish of Stony Brook were able to get at the larvae; at any 

 rate they disappeared. We shall keep our eyes open on that prop- 

 osition, if we cannot raise enough money to attack it and com- 

 plete it. 



This work, of course, is being done by the Mercer County 

 Commission. This was one of the Commissions that was supposed 

 not to act, until with Dr. Headlee's and Dr. Lipman's help we 

 galvanized them into action. They are enjoying the work very 

 much now and asking us when we will start another collection of 

 money, so that the job can be completed. 



We propose to continue this work, and possibly after Liberty 

 Loans, hospitals, relief for the Armenians, and a hundred other 

 projects have ceased to occupy the attention of our philanthropists, 

 we hope to get some more money and to complete things. Our 

 hope is to push this work, not only so far as to eliminate the 

 malaria, which we think we have nearly done, but also the mos- 

 quito nuisance in general. 



President Engle: We will now hear from the big county of 

 the State, Atlantic County, by Mr. A. J. Rider, member, of 

 Hammonton. 



Atlantic County 



BY A. J. RIDER, COMMISSIONER 



On the first of January, 1919, the Board of Freeholders of At- 

 lantic County struck out the appropriation of the usual $26,000 



