The report contains the following:
"The objects of this investigation have been to find out if there were in Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries polluted areas from which shellfish were being taken, and if so, definitely to locate them and to inform the local State and United States authorities of the conditions. It has been also desired to point out, if practicable, the remedy. The conditions found have in general been good, and the results so far obtained are valuable and encouraging.
"In Chincoteague Island, from which place alone between 300,000 and 500,000 bushels of oysters and several million clams are shipped annually, all over the country, a condition was found to which was particularly dangerous, and must eventually have resulted in disaster. These conditions were remedied, and if the State authorities continue the inspection work, improvement in the health of the community itself will follow.
"In Hampton Creek conditions existed which were intolerable; cases of illness have doubtless been caused for years by eating oysters from the creek, and the shipment of a few oysters from the fifty-seven acres of beds in the creek imperilled the whole industry of the section. In Mill Creek, similar conditions existed, and shipments were being made freely from both creeks, in spite of a condemnation of the area several years ago by State authority. As a result of this investigation, the Federal and State authorities have taken joint and effective action, both there and in Chincoteague."  Ague, toward the Installation of sewage-dispoisal systems. It is believed that oysters now shipped from this section are safe. 