The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-11
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MALARIA
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Board of Health Bulletinl

There are two classes of sins-at
least two-sins of omission and sins
OF commission. If there's any differ
ence in the results of the two, it
would be hard to discover it, and
really it wouldn't be worth while to
try Whether either is the more for
givable is deep physiological
problem, too profound and too uncer-
tain to be worried about.
But in health matters it is prob
able that the things we might do and
don't do, bring worse troubles and
more of them, than our aggressive
offenses. That these passive Of
fenses-the kind that comes by fail
ing to do what We ought-are sinful
is shown in their effects against our
selves and against our neighbors.
1t is moral wrong to suffer from
a disease that may be prevented, be-
cause 1t is moral obligation to our
neighbors and to the community
that we shall always be at the high
level of producing efficiency. 1t is
a moral wrong that we shall COM
municate to others a disease that
| shall lessen their highest efficiency.
1t is a matter of time somewhere in
the future-when the best sentiment
of the state and nation will recognize
his practical relationship between
preventable diseases and private
morals.
| These facts apply to no disease at
all general in Florida with stronger
emphasis than to malaria. 1t is com
municable from one individual to
another through mosquito carried
| parasites II is exhausting and ener-
waiting 1t causes immense los of
physical energy and mental efficiency,
and the resulting economic loss is
uselessly large--useless, because I'M
| necessary.
| In Florida, as elsewhere, its raw
ages are greater in the warm months
of the year because in these months
the mosquito is more active. Indi-
cations in certain sections of the
state point to the possibility, even
the probability, that the disease is
likely to be unusually prevalent dur
ing the approaching summer and
now is the time to start the active
/ fight against these probabilities.
i During the colder months. when
the mosquito is not active as a dis
ease carrier, the seeds of the malady
are preserved more or less quiescent,
| in the bodies of the human victims,
to be revived by the heat of the
spring and summer, making the pa
tient the source of infection.
There are two reliable ways of
preventing the spread of malaria.
One is by curing it, The remedy is
simple and sure and every Florida
doctor knows it and can administer
it effectively. The other way is to
prevent the inocculation of the mos.
quito, which absorbs the parasite
laden blood by attacking the patient
and transfers it when he--or rather.
she-btes the next victim.
In other words keep the mos
quito from the patient and protect
| everybody from the mosquito Mcdi-
cal scientists have become intimately
acquainted with this particular mos
quito, and they know the habits of
her daily life. They have discovered
that she, like burglars, wildcats, bats
and owls, work at night. although
the mosquito beeins operations in
the late afternoon and just before
sunset. She has no liking for the
bright light and heat of the full day.
And this prevention means screens
Wire screens-screenS enclosing
the porch where the family sits in
the evening. screens over every win
uoN anu uOof OF the house, and the
mosquito proof net we'll tucked in
over the bed. Make the screening so
effective that the Pest cannot get in
to the house nor to the places where
people sit or rest And be sure that
this screening is in working order
all the time. Eternal vigilance is
the price and the results make it
cheap
Careful screening of the home in
Florida serves more purposes than
that of comfort. II prevents malaria.
it is effective and necess ary in the |
fight against typhoid and AGAINST
other diseases. Indeed. the screen !
tof wire) is practically as essential
to the Florida home as its roof, and |
the sooner this is recognized as an |
established fact. the sooner Florida |
people will reach their greatest pro- |
ductive capacity in the industrial |,
and moral development of the great |
state.