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quito breeding, and the very large and satisfactory drop seems 

 to be caused by only one factor — the engineering work carried 

 to partial completion during that summer. The records of 

 191 7 will probably show an equally good result. 



President D'arnaix — We are honored this morning by hav- 

 ing a number of distinguished out-of-town guests on the pro- 

 gram. It gives me pleasure to introduce to you, first, Mr. Eugene 

 Winship, of the D'epartment of Public Health of Greater New 

 York, who will speak on the question of ''Mosquito Control 

 Work in New York City." 



Mosquito Extermination in Greater New York, 1900-1916. 



BY EUGENE WINSHIP, SANITARY ENGINEER OE THE NEW YORK 

 CITY DEPARTMENT OE HEAI.TH. 



It is indeed a pleasure and a very great privilege to be able 

 to be with you to-day. I feel it a great honor to be assigned to 

 represent the health department of the largest city of the country 

 and regret that the Commissioner could not be present in person. 



I must warn you in the beginning that I am not a gifted 

 orator. No coal of fire has touched my tongue and I have no 

 Aaron to speak for me. Consequently I must needs be content 

 to read what I desire to say, and trust that you will not be bored 

 too much. 



The work of mosquito extermination has no warmer friend, 

 or ardent supporter, than Commissioner Emerson, and there are 

 nO' men in this, or any other country, who recognizes as well 

 as he the necessity for the work which we are trying tO' do, and 

 who' realizes the tremendous benefits that will follow successful 

 efforts on our part. 



You have probably heard something of the activities of the 

 health department in mosquito extermination work, and you 

 probably know that the city appropriated a comparatively large 

 sum of money for the purpose of draining the salt marshes in 

 the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. To Dr. Emerson the 

 credit is due for securing the appropriation from the board of 



