The
History of Malaria in New Jersey
http://www-rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/mal1.htm
by Dr. Wayne Crans gives an overview of the problem of mosquitoes
as a vector for this disease.
http://www-rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/disease.htm
Diseases that Mosquitoes carry
http://www.malaria.org/factpack.html
information on malaria world wide
DDT Quest (Ramapo
College TIES program, used with permission) online library of the
project contains many useful resources to better research malaria,
the use of DDT to kill mosquitoes, and information on mosquitoes.
Note that DDT use began after WWII, and many discussions at that
time recognized the potential negative consequences to the environment.
http://www.rst2.edu/ties/ddts/index.htm
The Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT) Quest has students pretend
to be hired as an environmental consulting firm, and present the
case for or against the reintroduction of DDT to fight the (fictitious)
South Ramford River Virus (SRRV). Arguments will focus on: the possible
routes of exposure to DDT for people and wildlife in the County;
the risks and effects of exposure to DDT for humans and ... Full
description.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/mal2.htm
gives an overview of the number of malaria cases by year, although
the 1945 numbers are found in the text rather than in a table.
Malaria
http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/ann1.htm
A World War II army booklet on how to keep from getting Malaria,
written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
http://mutiny.in/2009/04/27/on-speckled-legs-and-springtime-mosquitoes-reflections-on-world-malaria-day-2009/
A brief history of Malaria in the US with links to additional information.
Ms. Shah's website on current malaria problems is ,http://resurgentmalaria.com/
Resources
on mosquito control techniques
http://www-rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/ipm.htm
Rutgers articles describing various mosquito control techniques.
Draining wetlands,
now controversial, was somewhat less so in the 1940s, but a map
of drained areas in 1917 show how dedicated to creating running
water was to mosquito control.
(Click
here for the article on draining wetlands, 1917)
Newsletter of
the Maryland Mosquito Control Commission, Mosquito Views,( Spring-Summer
2008) which is located in my resource file for the project in PDF.
Put on website.
The history
of mosquito control in New Jersey
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/mosquito.htm
Other
Diseases the Mosquitoes Carry
Yellow Fever
(click here
for a PDF file)
Other
Diseases that mosquitoes carry.
Writings
by and about leading researchers of early control efforts
Some Important Unsolved Problems in Mosquito Work of New Jersey,
Thomas Headlee, Ph.D., Entomologist, NJ Agricultural Experiment
Station,1927
About the key people in efforts to eradicate mosquitoes (pdf
file)
The Twenty-sixth
Annual Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station
for 1905
It is on line from Google and by clicking
here for a PDF file.
About and of
Dr. Thomas Headlee
The PDF file contains a brief biographic sketch of Dr. Headlee.
(click here for a PDF file)
The NJ Mosquito
Control Association (then known as the Mosquito Eradication Association)
held a birthday party in honor of Dr. Headlee.
Both cartoons and lyrics to roast Dr. Headle can be found by clicking
here.
A brief biographical
sketch of John B. Smith (click
here for a PDF file)
A chronology of John B. Smith's life and career at http://vectorbio.rutgers.edu/chronology.php
John B. Smith's efforts and contributions are described as are the early New Jersey laws about mosquito control, written by Wayne Crans for 'Wing Beats"
Walter Reed
biographical information
http://didgood.com/health/history/resources/General%20Info%20on%20Major%20Walter%20Reed.htm
This url contains a brief but robust biography of Reed.
Books and
articles (available at libraries)
2009. Gordon Patterson. Mosquito Crusaders
Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The Mosquitoes
of New Jersey and their Control
By
THOMAS J. HEADLEE
Professor Emeritus of Entomology, Rutgers University
Review in Science
magazine about Headlee's book (click
here to see a review)
1922. Mosquito
Eradication. Dr. Hardenberl, Macgraw Hill
On the effect of ditching, available through local resources
Additional print
resources about malaria and mosquitoes (pdf)
About
Mosquitoes:
The history of the development of mosquitoes in Monmouth County
http://www.bbep.org/Char_Rpt/Ch6/Chapter%206.htm
John B. Smith's
1904 book on mosquitoes (click
here for a PDF copy)
Laws relating
to mosquitoes and mosquito control
New Jersey Statutes
Mosquito Control and Mosquito Control Commissions
Chapter 9 of Title 26 (available on line at: http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=293047&Depth=4&TD=WRAP&advquery=mosquito%20control&headingswithhits=on&infobase=statutes.nfo&rank=&record={4912}&softpage=Doc_Frame_Pg42&wordsaroundhits=2&x=34&y=11&zz=
)
Also this law
is noted as:
Amended by L.1947, c. 177, p. 815, s. 64; L.1950, c. 29, p. 62,
s. 7; L.1951, c. 69, p. 456, s. 67.
26:9-2. Duty
of director of state experiment station New Jersey chapter 9 of
Title 26 describes the role of the head of the Rutgers Cooperative
Extension program.
Report to the State Legislature: The New Jersey
State Ag Experiment Station by J.B. Smith, Sc.D.
Prepared pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 98 of the Laws of 1902 (library source, but check back as this will be shortly available online)
Interesting
additional reports on mosquitoes (miscellaneous)
Early Annual Reports of the Agricultural Experimental Station (Cook
College) which contain reports of the entomologist such as Smith
or Headlee.
.This was turned into a PDF file, but in doing so, a number of
blank pages were included, throwing off page count)
The
1914 Report (the mosquito report can be found on page 544.)
The 1917 Report (the mosquito
report can be found on page 917)
The 1905
Report (which appears to not contain a mosquito section.
Report
of the State Entomologist J.B. Smith, 1896
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