6o N. J. Mosquito Extermination Association 



full of ordinary house mosquitoes, and the complaint was very bit- 

 ter. The Board of Health had its inspector going over all the town 

 looking for rain-barrels, rain vats and cesspools, trying to locate 

 the source of this great brood of mosquitoes. It was felt at the time 

 that the sewage system could not be to blame, because it was handled 

 by a group of men in whom the town had confidence. But as the 

 town was unable to obtain relief in that way and the Board of Health 

 finally appealed to us, we asked them to take the matter up with 

 Mr. Van Note and the county mosquito commission. Mr. Van, Note 

 was called and found wrigglers so thick in some of the sewage pools 

 that you couldn't put a pencil point down without hitting one. 



He immediately had the superintendent of the sewer farm cut off 

 such grass as had grown above the water and oil the ponds. In two 

 weeks the mosquito pest had gone, and it has not since reappeared. 

 That shows what an improperly managed sewage plant can do in 

 the way of furnishing house mosquitoes to an adjacent town. 



I believe that in both Middlesex and Monmouth the work has gone 

 forward, that there has been no slipping back, that all that has been 

 gained in the past has been held, and although the appropriations 

 are small, that the outlook for future work is excellent. 



President Hudson : Ocean County will be heard from, Mr. 

 Engle. 



Ocean County 



Robert F. Engle, Beach Haven 



As we review the work of our commission for the year beginning 

 November i, 1918, and ending October 31, 1919, we realize there 

 may be a difference of opinion as to results of this and previous 

 years. From the viewpoint of the pessimistic porch-sitter there 

 were as many mosquitoes to interfere with his pleasure last year as 

 ever, if not more, for unfortunately the wet summer produced many 

 breeding places near our houses. And though the product was the 

 fresh-water or house mosquito, the bite was just as painful and, with 

 the also unprecedented flight of salt-marsh mosquitoes in August as 

 a climax, it is easy to understand the impression that may remain 

 in the mind of the party refered to. 



We have endeavored to explain to our people the difference be- 

 tween the ''salt" and "fresh" varieties so that being bothered by some 

 mosquitoes does not indicate the failure of the commission's work — 

 for we have confined our efforts almost entirely to the salt marshes, 



