The Dermott news., 1917-12-06
Malaria Control for Dermott

DR. H. A. Tayior, representative Of
the International Health Board, WIS in
Dermott Monday consulting vita May
or Bennett aud the members OF the
City Council in regard to the plan fur
the control Of malaria in Dermott. He
met with the Council Monday NIGHT and
the arrangements were completed and
the contract signed
The measures for malaria control
have really passed the experimental
stage. having so many times proven i
thorough success. The plan as out
lined by the International Health Board
has been successfully tried in Southeast
Arkansas. and in one instance the rec
ords show only about fifty cases of
malaria the summer after the plan was
tried as compared with about three
thousand cases the summer before. .
Mayor Bennett has been working on
the proposition fer Dermott for some
time, and is to be congratulated upon
having carried it to a successful con
clusion.
A survey of the town has already
been made by specialists in the work,
and the plan as outlined and the con-
tract signed are as follows:
|. To prevent the breeding of mos
quitoes, all pools of standing water
will be filled with dirt, if filling IS prac
teable; all pools that cannot be filed
or drained will be sprayed with auto
matte drps; underbrush and other OBJ
stacles will be removed from small
streams, and channel will be dug in
the bottom of these streams and all
water barrels. horse troughs, etc. the
spraying of which is not feasible, will
be treated with larvacide or screened.
The spraying will be done once each
week. and once each week an Inspector
will go over the town to see If mosqui-
to breeding is In progress at any point.
Careful record will be made of the
number of calls made for malaria by
physicians of the town go that by com
pairing this record with the record for
former years, an idea may be gained of
the effectiveness of the work being
carried out.
g TO make the work most effective,
as we'll as to insure the permanency of
results accomplished, the town of Der
mott, Arkansas, will agree to cooper
ate by enacting an ordinance designed
to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
by making an appropriation towards
conducting the work during the year
1918; and by providing for the main
tenance of the work during succeeding
years, The physicians of the town of
Dermott will also be urged to cooper
ate by furnishing information concern
the incidence of malaria in accordance
with the plan outlined.
g. The cost of the work to the town
of Dermott during the year 1918 will
be approximately 81. 40. 90 as follows:
Cost of ditching ,,.............., 100000
Cost of oil - $50 90
Cost of sanitary inspector .-.. $4,000
Cost of tools .............,........ so 90
Cost of drip cans....-.. To- 90
Cost of sprays ..--...--..-.-.......... 100
-, ..--.-----,---%--
Total 81, 40, 90
This sum of money will be set aside
for the work during the year 1918 and
will be budgeted according to the terms
as outlined.
4. After this plan of malarial con
troll has been in successful operation
for a period of one year, the town of
Dermott will make every effort to see
that sufficient funds for its continued +
maintenance are annually appropriated
by the town council. these appropria-