MOSQUITOES

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 118, 14 November 1925, Page 6

MOSQUITOES

A POSSIBLE GRAVE DANGER

MEASURES CONSIDERED IN

AUCKLAND.

(By Telegraph.)

(Special to tht "Evening Post.")

AUCKLAND, This Day.

The necessity for steps to exterminate mosquitoes and' sweep away possible breeding places was urged by tho Medical Officer of Health in a letter to the Auckland City Council on Thursday evening. ■ ] The Chief Sanitary Inspector said that power to deal with the conditions ! that gave rise to the breeding of mosquitoes was provided in a bylaw, and its enforcement formed part of the routine work of the sanitary inspectors; but a. special investigation of , all the' city could not be made for this particular purpose. The mosquito pest was at present, he said, a matter affecting the public comfort, and not the public health; but at any time 5t might become an absolute danger, aud the council might reasonably consider whether it was not now of sufficient importance to adopt repressive measures. If any appreciable result* were to be obtained, the inspector said, the work must be done thoroughly, and wouldinvolve considerable labour and expense. In addition to anti-mosquito measures required to be carried out by the public, it would necessitate the council dealing with the various ponds, streams, catchpits, and other breeding places under its control. The matter was referred to the Worfe Committee.