The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-09
Protest Against Potato
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, economic loss to the people than al
most any other disease.
D.. Poop in many states little realize
the serious inrOads which malaria
makes on the heMth OF the inhabi-
tants I'm some parts of the country aud
of the great loss Oi time which many
/ OF the men and women have 20 UNI
dergO because of the fact that they
are incapacitated for work because OF
this lnsidiOus disease. In number OF
states as much as one-tltth OF the area
Is affected by regular epideinics OF
malaria. and men and women workers
ia these communities are compelled
To lose many days I'm the year because
or this common disease, which saps
their vitality and units them In q
large degree for labor OF any kind,
either mental or physical
Both federal and state public health
authorities are cooperating 10 wipe
out malaria because OF the great eco
monte loss caused BY the disease ana
also because OF the fact that it makes
victims which it attacks ready prey
for typhoid, tuberculosis and many
other serious health troubles.
The nature OF the campaign against
malaria for a long while must be large
Is educational. because many people
still regard very lightly the disease,
owing To the fact that It's prevalence
is accepted IN many localities as a
matter OF course ana the people little
understand how n may be- warded off
AS a matter OF fact. malaria is more
harmful to the public health than
some OF the most contagious diseases.
According 10 public health authorities
malaria has had as much influence on
the life OF nations as almost any other
disease. many medical experts belicy-
ing that this sickness played an i'm
portant past In the fall OF Greece and
Rome Even today in Italy malaria is
SO bothersome In uany sections that
the government has established free
quiniEe 81 lions from which the medi-
cine Is distributed to sick persons OF
the poorer classes.
The public health service in the
anti-malaria campaign is cooperating
with both state and municipal author
titles. who are conducting campaigns
against the carrying mosquito.
In many sections q: the country. par
ticularly throughout the east and
south. the authorities are now engaged
IN the drainage OF swamps whore ma
laria mosquitoes brecd and the filling
in OF low places ia the land with dirt.
Where drainaR is not possible and
salt water is available this is turned
in 20 take the place OF fresh water.
AS in every public health campaign,
individuals may play an Important
part in the work and the screening
OF windows and the general sanitation
and cleaning up OF All places about
the home where mosquitoes may exist
are advised In mis- investigations In
southern states Or Won Ezdorr has
found mosquitoes in all sorts OF hiding
places around houses, usually In bed
rooms. behind furniture. pictures.
clothes. or In darl. corners OF the
rooms. II is not unusual TO find them
i'm outhouses. barns and storerooms.
The principal breeding places or
MOSQUITOES in the south and east are
found along poorly drained creeks,
marshy places in the woods. cypress
brakes, bitches and low places In the
fields. Around houses the breeding
places are found in open surface wells
poorly drained bitches, cutters, water
barrels and pools oyergrown with
grass and other vegetation. Progress
In hghtng mosquitoes must necessar-
ily be SLOW because OF the large ex'
penditure Of money which Is necessary
when the work is done in thorough
going way. such as by the spraying OF
breeding places with oil or by special
engineering work 20 drain swampy
land Much can be accomplished,
however public health officers believe.
BY continual efforts OH the part or
individuals as well as by state ana
municipal health authorities to edu-
cate the people on the dangers OF ma
laria. on the use OF quinine, on the
protection % the home against the
mosquitoes. and on the benefits or
thorough sanitation around the house.
In many sections OF the country the
mosquito nuisance Is being wiped out
by draining and bringing into cultiva-
ton large areas of land which here
tofore were swampy and unused