The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-28
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH IT,

For many years the people of Col
umbus have felt the necessity of a
general Cleanup" of the city. Col
umbus naturally beautiful, is not a
clean city. AT various time during
the past, attempts have been made
to correct the unsanitary conditions,
but it was unlike treating a fever
patients with fever powders, the at
tendant and patient are led to believe
that the condition is improved, but
the underlying cause was only given
an opportunity to do its destructive
work more effectively.
1t was, when we looked upon the
real work that was necessary, the
large pools, ponds and bitches that
needed draining, the open wells and
cisterns that must be filed or closed
land there are many in the very heart
of the city, and many other undisra-
Bile and disease producing places that
should be cleaned, it was then that
we would exclaim, it cannot be done,
it is altogether impractical if not i'm
possible.
But now comes to us an opportun-
ity, an offer from the Cooperative
Agencies, consisting of the U. S. Pub
lie Health Service, the Miss. State
Board Of Health, and the Interna-
tional Health Board who propose not
only to superintend the work and
give us the benefit Of their past
and successful experiments, aud
hence, insure the best results, but
also to pay one half the expenses. 1t
is an opportunity that does not come
to every city, and is not likely to re-
turn to us if we do not take advantage
of it this time.
| Their working plan is for the con-
troll of Malaria anti-mosquito meas
ures, which means that the cleanup
will be a most thorough one.
The working program is as follows
/. All pools Of standing water shall
be filed or drained when practical.
q. All pools which cannot be filed oil
drained shall be treated with oil a;
often as may be necessary to contro
mosquito production.
10. Where conditions are favorabl,
top minnows should be employed fol
mosquito control purposes.
4. Underbrush and other obstacles
will be removed from small stream,
and when practicable, narrow
channel will be cut in the stream bot
tom in order to confne the water t
narrow banks for subsequent oiling.
5. All water containers III which mos
quitoes may breed should be emptie'
weekly, screened properly or treated
with oil as may be necessary in ord
er to control mosquito production.
6. 0iling will be done once each weel
or as often as may be necessary il
= order to control breeding.
7. Weekly inspections of the mosquit'
p zone will be made during the breedin,
season in order to ascertain if mos
quito breeding is in progress at an,
point.
8. Accurate records will be kept o
the number of visits made by physi
clans in treating malaria cases in OF
der that the effectiveness of contrc
{ measures may be determined.
8. Data from all available source
{ bearing upon the prevalence Of ma
laria and the process Of mosquito era
f dication measures as undertaken, wi
be collected, carefully complied an
q kept as a check upon the progress @
the control work
From this program it can be see
that the work would be carried on
most thoroughly, and that il entere
into we will not only eradicate III
mosquito and thereby, malaria, b,
we will make our town look clean,
and still more pleasant to live in.
Judging from the results Of r,
cent experiment upon one hundrC
children at the Franklin Academy "
,, believe to be conservative when W
say that IL per cent of the people
the people of Columbus are infectc