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The people of Accomac County claim to have very Httle 

 mialaria now!, w^hereas years ago a large proportion oi the resi- 

 dents experienced chills and fevers. This county has undergone 

 great development in the past few years. Since the introduc- 

 tion of the trucking industry land has increased from a few 

 dollars per acre to two and three hundred dollars per acre, and 

 practically all of the land is under cultivation and is kept well 

 drained. The increase in the value of the land has certainly re- 

 duced the rtumiber of breeding places in the peninsula, which 

 would account for the reported reduction in malaria. Space 

 will not permit of further discussion except to note that the 

 counties in the edge of the Dismal Swamp report the greatest 

 numiber of cases of malaria. 



WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, IN VIRGINIA. 



The mosquito problem in Virginia is almost untouched. Con- 

 sidering the fact that there are a million acres of swamp 

 and marsh land in the State, this is a virgin field for eradication 

 work, and the time is not far distant when the people of Vir- 

 ginia are going tO' wake up and start the movement. Nothing 

 has been done except at a few' isolated points. The armiy officials 

 have cleaned up around Fort Meyer, the Du Fonts around their 

 plant at City Point, and some work in Greenville County by 

 Federal authorities in co-operation with the State Board of 

 Health. So far as I have been able to learn, these are the only 

 instances where an effort has been made to eradicate moscjuitoes. 

 There are a number of drainage schemes on foot for the pur- 

 pose of improving the land for agricultural purposes, which, if 

 carried out, would be nothing less than mosquito eradication 

 work. There are some large drainage ditches in certain portions 

 of the Dismal Swamp which were built to drain land for farm- 

 ing purposes. 



WHAT WE PROPOSE TO DO. 



There are a few people in Virginia that are interested in the 

 problem, and there are also certain thinking persons who recog- 



