Effective mosquito control requires a wellplanned program. Such programs are often expensive and complex and require the cooperation and planning of individual homeowners as well as from groups in industry, agriculture and local and state governments. A mosquito control program may be justified when it can be demonstrated that annoyance prevents the reasonable use of yards and gardens, or when health factors develop beyond the reasonable control of the individual property owner.
Demand can be expressed in the form of petitions or resolutions from such agencies as garden clubs, women's clubs and civic or service organizations addressed to local authorities. If public health is directly involved, the request may be initiated to local health authorities.