While carpenters were working outside the old house I had just bought, I busied myself with indoor cleaning. I had just finished washing the floor when one of the workmen asked to use the bathroom.
With dismay I looked from his muddy boots to my newly scrubbed floors. Just a minute, I said, thinking of a quick solution. Ill put down newspapers.
Thats all right, lady, he responded. Im already trained.
U.S. Malaria Eradication ProgramIn 1947, the National Malaria Eradication Program commenced in the U.S., which succeeded in eliminating malaria as a significant public health problem in the country by 1949. The operation was the result of cooperation between the Communicable Disease Center of the U.S. Public Health Service (CDC) with the state and local health agencies of 13 southeastern states. It was proposed by Dr. L. L. Williams. By 1949, the primary effort was 4,650,000 spray applications of the insecticide DDT in rural homes of counties with malaria prevalent. In addition, drainage operations and spraying of insecticides (sometimes by aircraft) removed mosquito breeding sites. With the success, by 1951 the CDC's role was reduced to surveillance. Worldwide efforts continue.« |
