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MINISTER OF HEALTH SERVICES AND HOSPITAL INSURANCE

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Mr. R.A. Freeman,

City Clerk,

The Corporation of the
City of Port Coquitlan,

2272 McAllister Avenue,

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.

Dear Mr. Freeman:

Re: Mosquito Control - Research
Oriented Programmes

thank you for your letter dated December 11, 1972
and my department has made some investigations into the
problem of mosquito control as outlined by your Vector
Control Officer, Mr. R.J. Palmer.

it would appear that there is research work being
done in this field by the Federal Department of
Agriculture at their Lethoridge Laboratory. In the past
year, meetings nave been held in several centres
(University of Alberta - May 1972; National Work Planning
Meeting on Biting Flies and Their Control - in Saskatoon,
November 1972) in order to discuss the problems. I under-
stand a report of the Saskatoon meeting will be released
in a few weeks and no doubt Mr. Palmer will be receiving
a copy of this as you have already been in communication
with the Federal Department of Agriculture.

Trusting the information contained in the above
report will give us cause to hope that the biting fly
probiems will be controlled or alleviated in the near
future, and with kindest regards,

Yours very truly,

Live

Dennis Cocke,
Minister