The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-09-22
MOSQUITO CAMPAIGN
NOW Being STARTED
Columbia, Sept. 1G, 1920.
Charlton DuRant, Esq.
Manning, S. C.

ton OF the amount of malaria and the
factors involved, in it's causation at
Manning, made by Mr.. Buck and my
self and assisted by the public spirit
ed assistance rendered by yourself
and Prof. Browne permit me to advise
as follows:
The plan on which malaria control
work in this state is being done at
present is on a cooperative arrange
ment between the State Board of
Health, the U. s. Public Health Ser
vice, and the International Health
Service. Under this program towns
are selected in which a good demon
stration of the practical, effective and
economic control can be made. 1t is
not the policy to select town where
factors beyond control are involved in
the cause Of malaria.
At Manning, Black River and Ok
swamp are important factors in pro-
ducing malaria mosquitoes and it would
be. more than the resources of the
town could stand to drain them as
health measure. There are however
a number of smaller breeding areas,
closer in town and therefore of great
"flCn SOQlu De IClnCGlCn
at small cost and to the great advan-
tage Of the malaria situation. The
doctors report that there has not been
an unusual amount of malaria but that
recently it has begun to increase
almost alarmingly. This is due, no
doubt, to the heavy and continued
rains that fell several weeks ago.
These breeding areas, with which
you and Prof. Browne are familiar
should be oiled Immediately il order
to prevent the production of le next
trood OF mosquitoes, and immediate
treasures taken to drain those that
can &c readily drained. Practically
all Of them can be. People should hc
urged to screen their houses using
nothing larger than 16 mcshcs> to the
inch. All malaria cases should be re-.
, ported to the local Board of Health
and followed up to see that qu;ninc is
taken long enough to effect "A c,ne
, Every case of malaria in the town is
menace to those who do not have
the disease. Active intelligent meas
ures along the lines indicated vii!
amply repay the time effort and money
: expended.
, If this office can be of any further
, assistance in awakening public senti-
ment or advising with you concerning
your problems please call upon us at
any time.
/ Very sincerely,
$ l.. NJ. Fischer.
I The survey above referred TO, while
E not complete, discloscs the fact that
the larvae of the malaria bearing mos
quito were very numerous at the fol-
J lowing places:
S Flat, marshy ground just beyond II.
n NJ. Thomas residence.
Z. Low ground between Hosiery Mill
: and r. NJ. Wells residence and down
the ditch leading from there to Ok
:, Swamp.
y The low ground between the Fulton
- road and the Silver road---especially
: an old ditch near Caroline Mack's
II Ditch near the old Brick Yard.
e OK Swamp and Black River, cs,
pecially the pools near the road
d The artesan we'll near f. S. Erwin
% residence.
~ Well and ditch in front of Nclso,
Motor Company.
A hole back of the A. G. l.. Static,
4 Agents house and the ditch nearby
e This ditch showed no mosquitoes cas-
e Of the railroad owing to oil draining
: into it from the Ice Plant.
% All Of these conditions can be easily
r. remcdied permanently by smal
;" amount Of drainage. The engineer
IA suggested that kerosene oil sprinklet
1T over standing water with a sprinklns
20 pot would kill the larva, but this woul,
=. have to be renewed every ten days.
-. They suggest that all of the pool
. of water that are standing be sprink
led at once and renewed until frost.
E. A number Of the business men me
ID these engineers at the Offices of Du
20 Rant & Ellcrbe and the whole situa
- ton was discussed. AS q result tn,
20 next day the matter was laid befor,
IL Council, who Immediately gave in
he structions for the application Of tn,
III kerosene oil.
,S 1t takes ten or twelve days for
mosquito to hatch, and owing to th
porous nature Of the soil most pool
dry up in that time, which is the caus
of our freedom, usually, from them
IS Where rains are at intervals to kcel
~ water standing on the ground, mos
quitoes are bound to form until the OF
IL is applied.
IN Malaria does not begin with tn,
e. mosquito, but when he bites a persOl
,e infected with malaria he takes tn,
,o germs into his system and after
= lapse of ten days the mosquito inocu
q latcs with malaria every one that i
IL bittpu