Proceedings of Sixth Annual Meeting 53 



The Cape May County Mosquito Commission has dug 712,942 

 feet, or 134 miles of 10 by 30-inch ditches. The territory ditched 

 extends from Cape May Point to Green Creek on the Delaware Bay 

 shore, and from Cape May Point to Turtle Gut Inlet on the Sounds 

 Meadows. 



In addition to the work the Commission has done this year, the 

 State has put in 147,961 feet of 10 by 26-inch ditching in the vicinity 

 of Ocean City and Beesley's Point. 



During 1918 the Commissioners' laborers dug 161,479 feet of 

 new ditching and cleaned practically all of the old ditching. The 

 total cost of operations was $9,863.30. 



On account of a smaller appropriation for 1919, only $8,000, the 

 work will be reduced to Jones Creek and Hereford Inlet, 100,000 

 feet, and Fishing Creek, 60,000 feet. 



Cape May City Board of Health paid this Commission to oil 

 the sewer inlets within the city limits during the suri:imer of 1918 at 

 regular intervals. 



The Chamber of Commerce at a regular meeting in January, 

 unanimously indorsed the work of this Commission and recommend- 

 ed the continued financial support by the Board of Freeholders. 



President Engle : I think it will be well for us to listen to 

 Dr. Headlee give a sort of resume of the papers of this symposium 

 to see what lesson there is in them for us. 



