The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-12
FORCE OF MEN STARTED TO
WORK YESTERDAY
IN EAST COL
UMBUS.
DRAINING FIRST
Will Drain All bitches Where
Mosquito Might Breed;
Campaign viii Be
Far-Reaching.


The spring drive against the mos
quito and malaria under supervision
Of United States Public Health au-
thorities was in Columbus yesterday
morning.
A force of workmen under the i'm
mediate direction of Mr.. R. NJ. Nick
les started to work yesterday MORN
ing in East Columbus on Eleventh
street in the vicinity Immediately
north of the Independent Oil Mill.
The campaign will be directed by
DR.. Komp, assisted by a competent
and trained United States Sanitary
engineer, and a trained sanitary ex-
pert will be in close touch with the
work at all times and will have direc-
tion of all the forces.
bitches will be drained, low places
will be filled and all low areas where
water is standing will be thoroughly
drained so as to eliminate the breed
ing places Of mosquitoes, the common
carriers Of malaria.
The campaign is being waged with
funds appropriated by the city, the
State and in conjunction with the
United States Public Health Service.
Cooperation and direction Of gov
ernment engineers will insure the
work being done properly and with
efficiency 50 that the best results may
be attained. 1t is estimated that the
health of tie community will be ma
terially benefited and malaria reduced
to the minimum.
DR.. Comp issued the following state
n,ent yesterday relative to the cam
Ipl.ign:
In order to correct any misappre-e
tensions as to the methods and pur-
pose Of the cooperative malaria cam
paign now begun in Columbus, brief
statement Of the plan Of campaign
is given.
Malaria is carried from person to
person only by the bite of certain
kind of mosquito, which itself has be-
come infected by previously biting
someone who already has malaria. In
no other way can malaria be transmit
ted in nature. BY eliminating the
mosquito which carries the disease
from person to person, malaria can
be stamped out. The best and easiest
way of eliminating the mosquito is to
destroy its breeding places. These
are any collections of water which
may stand for a period Of seven to
ten days. These include stagnant
pools, stock ponds, fire-barrels, gut
ters, and last but not least, the tin can
which ornaments the back yard. The
purpose of this antimaliria campaign
is to so reduce the number Of possible
mosquito-breeding places in and
around Columbus, that there will be
no mosquitoes to carry malaria.
In order to be successful, this work
must have the unqualified support Of
all the eitezens, white or black, of Col
umbus. To this end, all are requested
to aid the sanitary inspector in making
inspections of premises, and to cheer
fully comply with his requests in the
matter Of preventing mosquito breed
( ing.
/ At this time, great good can be ac-
complished at small expense if all low
places which hold water for any
length of time were filled with gravel
from the city streets. This material
may be had for the hauling, and good
team can be hired for about s. per
day. A little filing done at this time
may prevent the breeding of millions
of mosquitoes later, and therefore all
citizens are urged to do as much Of
this work on their own premises as
may be possible A double benefit
would be derived, because mosquito
breeding would be prevented. and the
property value increased at the same
time.
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