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strengthen our anti-mosquito machinery as to permit the eHmination 

 of local as well as of county-wide invasions. There is no excuse 

 for the existence of malaria in New Jersey, no matter how few the 

 cases may be. There is no excuse for the annoyance and discomfort 

 caused by pipiens in our towns and cities as well as in the rural 

 counties. If additional legislation is needed, why not try to provide 

 it? Is there not a way for creating active mosquito commissions 

 in the inland counties and to invest them with the authority to bring 

 the necessary pressure to bear on such of the local health officers 

 in whose territory mosquitoes are more or less permanent and 

 troublesome ? We may see clearly why county-wide mosquito exter- 

 mination activities are not carried on in all of the counties of the 

 states. This should not relieve us from the obligation of strength- 

 ening the mosquito fighting force and machinery so as to give to the 

 taxpayers of New Jersey the fullest measure of immunity and pro- 

 tection. 



President Rider : Is there anything to be said or any questions 

 to ask Dr. Lipman? They will now be in order if you desire, or if 

 you desire to discuss this paper. We are always glad to hear from 

 Dr. Lipman. He always takes a broad view of the situation and we 

 always get some valuable suggestions from him. 



Secretary Headlee : The problem of getting started and get- 

 ting far with the work in counties where the pipiens lodge and the 

 salt marsh fly is one that is a difficult one and one that requires a 

 great deal of personal work. Under the present law any county 

 in the state can have a county mosquito commission. It is easy to 

 have that commission appointed. It is easy to prepare plans and 

 estimates and a budget. But unless you can materialize popular sup- 

 port behind it you cannot get the money without utilizing the manda- 

 tory feature of the law and bringing to bear upon the counties that 

 are working successfully under this law the danger of the elimina- 

 tion of that phase of the law under which they are working, through 

 the means of a repealer. The only way that I see by which the 

 thing can be accomplished is to devote a large amount of time to 

 individual locations. For instance, in Sussex there is one and per- 

 haps several places in which there is opportunity possible to organize 

 a demand for locally supported work and get that work going. Now 

 I do not believe that you can build from above down in the counties. 

 You must start with particular plague spots and get the money from 

 the local organization to do that work and at the same time tell 



