Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Tarboro, N.C., Begins Campaign to Eliminate Malaria From Town, Dec. 17, 1919

From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., Dec. 17, 1919

Anti-Malaria Campaign

Tarboro, Dec. 17—Another progressive movement was started by the town commissioners Monday night when at a called meeting of the board it was decided to prosecute a vigorous anti-malaria campaign to rid the town of mosquitoes. The government is to bear one-half of the expense, and the cost to Tarboro will be approximately $8,700. It is proposed to make this the healthiest town in the state. First came the purifying of the water supply, then the purifying of the milk supply, and now a war to the bitter end upon malaria-carrying mosquitoes.


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