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wells, sunken lot pools, cellars containing water^ manure pits, 

 and miscellaneous receptacles. 



The night .collections during^ the 191 6 season demonstrated 

 a great reduction in the number of salt-miarsh mosquitoes com- 

 pared with previous years. In some parts of the county they 

 were practically non-existent. 



As a result of this constant effort Hudson County has been 

 less affected by the pest than in any previous year — sO' much so 

 that it has been a topic of discourse of our citizens, and the 

 favorable commendation of the results of the work have been 

 general throughout the county. 



The population of Hudson Connty is concentrated in about 

 twenty-five square miles of its territory, the other thirty-five 

 and one-half square miles being water and miarsh lands. For 

 instance, the city of Hoboken has the densest population^ — 

 75,90'5 in a single square mile — oi which one-quarter is marsh 

 land. The population of Hudson County is 646,138 as esti- 

 mated on July I, 191 6, by the Hudson County Board of Health. 

 This means that we have more people subject to the chance of 

 being bitten by mosquitoes than any other county, and the fact 

 that during 191 6 we received but one complaint from, the public, 

 shows that the work accomplished produced the conditions which 

 were sO' favorable that this desirable result was attained. 



Chairman BrinkKrhoi^i^ — The next paper on the sympo- 

 sium is fromi Bergen County, Mr. E. B. Walden, of Hacken- 

 sack. Is he present? 



Mr. Reed HowEi.iv — Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen: 

 I am not Mr. E. B'. Walden, of Hackensack. It has been im- 

 possible for Mr. Walden to reach Atlantic City to-day, and our 

 chief inspector, Mr. Leslie, has asked me to take charge of the 

 symposium'. I am Reed Howell, of Rutherford, Bergen County. 

 I am a member of the Board of Freeholders of Bergen County. 

 I am one of those seven men who' at the first meeting of our 

 board this year put in the budget an appropriation of $20,000, 

 without a dissenting voice, for the extermination of mosquitoes. 

 And while it is a great pleasure for me to read this brief paper 



