Show of men r e a MOSQUITOES ny Dy STRINGER Member Gorgas Memorial In Institute How much do you pay for your mOSQuito bites one Ninety cents That was the tho average for lor every everyman everyman everyman man woman and child In the United ted States last year ear This mosquito tax of ot 91 n cents per cap cap- capita cap capita ita amounts to This enormous sum lIum was neatly extracted from the nations nation's pock to pay for or damage donby dOIl done by the malaria mosquito by trans trans- transmitting cases of and fever ever and Its It's safe to Baythe say ay the same sarno thing thin will happen again thIs year ear It If to this amount were added a sum to measure the annoyance from pestiferous mosquitoes In In and outside the so called malaria ma- ma malaria ma malaria laria belt an area area which naturally naturally ally Includes the whole United States there there Is no telling how much money would be bo Involved l For or centuries the mosquito has haa left its Imprint upon the history of nations nations The Greek Greel civilization tion t was the most glorious of an- an antiquity antiquity an antiquity yet et malaria Introduced by captives In the fifth cen century cen- cen century tury U ll C undermined the health of the people Under its lla wither wither- withering withering ing Influence the civilization of this great grent nation slowly lowly but stead stead- steadily steadIly steadily ily decayed deCI The decline o ot of the Roman nomon em empire em- em pire began Legan when malaria probably probably ably Introduced Into the country from Africa by Carthaginian sol soldiers sol sol- sollers diers lers several centuries B D C fast fast- fastened fastened fastened ened Its bold hold upon the people Until General Gentral William C Gorgas to 10 whom the Gorgas Gorcas Memorial In- In Institute In Institute Is dedicated conquered the they yellow fever mosquito at Panama ran attempts s at white while colonization ot of o the tho tropics tropic had been failures The mosquito Is a menace against the economic lo fo every elate every city anI town to People do not willingly choose to 10 o live where here the bite of the mosquito makes life life unbearable able When you who are arc reading this article ha have ve encountered mosquitoes In great numbers at resorts for tor example you ou do not return tho the next year Nor eo 00 sections of states with many moa mo mos qui toes add much population from outside communities until I steps are taken to place tho the quito mos mos- mosquito moe quito nuisance under control contro Th The idea that the mosquito is as M Im Impregnable Im- Im Impregnable impregnable pregnable as the Rock of ot Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar tar is passing Those who belle the mosquito unconquerable ar are not acquainted with whit the facts Mosquito control measures at- at always al always ways pay dividends Dr Thoma Thomas ThomasJ ThomaJ J Headlee Headle secretary of the Ne NON Jersey No-Jersey Jersey MOS Mosquito Abatement asso asso- association elation reports that t have e been added to the taxa ot valuations of ot the state every year for the tho post 10 at an annual copt coat ot of only U With the spread of knowledge c that mosquitoes can cnn be bo done away with people arc are demanding of civil c authorities that control me meas- meas measures mca urca ures be Instituted These people are also helping to the best 0 of their ability ability- By Dy the tho destruction of all breeding places pInel's about the home they are seeing to It that they are aro not breeding mo on the own premises promises Tho The time timeto to help Is now The Gorgas Memorial Institute envisions a United Unit d States and Is this year Co In co In lag with existing agencies to o bring about this condition |