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by Dr. Headlee. Our speaker can stand in front of the map and 

 point out the locaHty. 



Secretary Headlee : The sah marsh to which Mr. Young there 

 refers occurs in the Hackensack Valley at this point, and here is the 

 City of Passaic, and here is the City of Paterson. (Indicating on 

 map). These two cities form the heart of the territory in which Mr. 

 Young worked. It is a very large marsh at that point in the Hack- 

 ensack Valley, involving something like 18,000 acres. Now Mr. 

 Young claims that they have no salt marsh, but they have an 

 acquaintance with the product of the salt marsh, which I take it to 

 mean a certain proof that he is not responsible for the said product. 



Mr. Young: The people realize that there is salt marsh some- 

 where and I get the benefit of the doubt. 



A synopsis of the scope of the work of the PASSAIC COUNTY 

 MOSQUITO EXTERMINATION COMMISSION and what the 

 results were in mosquito control in its limited territory within Pas- 

 saic County in the year, or season of 1920 must necessarily be a short 

 story at this time. 



As an inland county that has been engaged in mosquito control 

 work since the enactment of the Mosquito Extermination Commis- 

 sion Law of 1912, our problems in mosquito work have been mostly 

 of a local character and confined to the cities and boroughs within 

 our limited territory. 



We could give you statistics of the number of rainbarrels, open 

 cisterns, cesspools, tubs, pails, cans and all the other kinds of trash 

 which lay behind the homes of many people who consistently furnish 

 their own mosquito annoyance, but to what avail. They are an old 

 story that has lost its worth to be repeated. 



The area in which mosquito work has been done for the last six 

 years is unique, in that it comprises only eighteen percent of the 

 total area of Passaic County, and contains ninety four per cent, of 

 the entire population, reaching its highest density in the City of 

 Paterson, where the population is 17,000 to the square mile. 



In the congested parts of large cities, the characteristic habits of 

 the people are usually not in keeping with the highest ideals of san- 

 itary conditions; containers of many different kinds that furnish 

 pipiens annoyance are generally found on their premises. Breeding 

 is usually found in small pools or containers that can readily be elim- 

 inated when an inspection is made. A rainbarrel, an open cistern or 

 other container seems a small thing in mosquito control, but the 



