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Malaria an K\pensive Disease. Mr. Wickliffe Hose, General Director of the International Health Board in the Journal of the, American Medical Association, November S, 1919. j states that "Malaria" is recognized as one of the most serious of the diseases of man. The economic losses resulting from it are incalculable. The failure of the early Panama Canal project and the difficulties encountered in building the Maderia railroad are only spectacular examples of what it is doing continuously and on an enormous scale to hinder industrial enterprise. On farming populations its burdens fall with peculiar emphasis. Many of the richest aornViiihirfli lands in warm climates A ^ v.. . cannot be developed until the infection in these regions has been brought under control. "More serious still are its effects in retarding the development of individuals and communities. It saps the life of its victims by destroying their blood. The disease is most prevalent among children under fifteen years of age and therefore preys on the vitality of the race during the important period of physical and mental growth. Its effects, moreover, are cumulative. They are handed on from one generation to the next, and become to the community an increasing handicap in all things that make for social development, and these results are widespread. Malaria in mild form is almost of worldwide distribution and in its malignant form belts the globe in a broad zonei including tropical and semi-tropical regions. Of the 1,600,000,000 in-1 4 habitants of the earth, more than half live in countries in which the infection. is prevalent and constitutes a \ serious menace to life and health and working efficiency." In our southern states malaria is a most serious problem. It is costing ten times as much as it would cost us to control it. These losses are mainly as follows: 1. Doctor bills, drug bills and funeral expenses, resulting from acute malaria. 2. Loss of time by wage earners. 3. Loss of crops (by either failure to produce or harvest) by the farmer. 4. Inefficiency on the part of those who have chronic malaria.' 5. Lack of development of the country as a result of its reputation as a malarious secfion. On account of acute illness from malaria last year (1919) the state of Georgia lost 625 lives and possibly several Trillion dollars. During the same year a house-to-house survey was made by the U. S. public health service and the state board of health of an area consisting of twenty-five square miles in one of the most heavily infected sections of the state. From the head of the various families information was obtained as to the prevalence of the disease during 1918 also 1919 and the economic loss for 1918, which was as follows: Number families living in this area SI Number people in area .... 550 Per cent, having malaria in 1919 82 Number acres under cultivation in 1918 3,976 Total loss during 1918 $46,520.00 Per family loss from malaria in 1918 , 574.3? ppr rflrnta loss from ma laria in 1918 84.50 Per acre loss from malaria in 1918 11.50 These losses consisted of four items, viz.: Loss of crops that actually spoiled in the field while the farmers were disabled with malaria; loss of time by wage earners, doctor bills, and drug bills. If malaria throughout Georgia was five per eent. as prevalent as it was in the surveyed area during 1918 the state lost $10,000,000 from this disease, which is about the average loss per year. This exceeded by two million dollars the state's entire public revenue for the same year. This sum of money is about equal to the total sum Georgia spent on her 840,000 school* children during the three years 1916-17-18. It surpasses by several million dollars the total sum of money spent in the state for public health either by the state, counties, or municipalities since the Declaration of Independence. At the present rate of state appropriation this would be enough ' '. n+A Vi money to run me oiaic v.. health one hundred and thirty-three years. * This vast sum does not include the loss which the state sustains each year from lack of development due to this disease. Hundreds, even thousands, of manufacturing concerns would turn their eyes Georgiaward because of low taxes, cheap lands, abundant food crops, and favorable climatic conditions, if the state were free of malaria. What is true of Georgia is not altogether untrue of her sister states: Florida, South Carolina, Xorth Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Vast fortunes and great opportunities are passing away from us be I cause of malaria in spite of the fact that it is a controllable disease. A trained personnel is absolutely essential if an anti-malaria campaign is to be successful in the broad sense. One or more of these thoroughly trained workers must be in every community where malaria is a considerable problem. The community best suited for this purpose in Georgia is the country. The expert must be allowed to employ and train others for the work. Also he must do a vast amount of educational work. T- : 1 ? lnnl Gixpei itJiice lias snuwu time <x iau\ i of knowledge of the cause and means j of spread of malaria is largely responsible for the inertia on the part of +he citizens, which is so prevalent in practically every section of the country. This, however, is no reflection upon the intelligence of the people since many of the physicians practicing medicine among us at the present time were taught that malaria resulted from inhaling "badi air," and only during the last quar* ter century has the real cause and means of spread of the disease been discovered. The people must learn that a certain species of mosquito (the anopheles) transmits the disease germs from one who has malaria in rather a chronic form to the well person! t and that in order to avoid malaria, i we must either get rid of mosquitoes, | or get rid of those' w'ho have chronic i malaria (the carriers.) The mosquito can be controlled by! destroying its breeding places f ponds I and sluggish streams) by means of | drainage, fish control or oiling. Of j these, drainage, is of course, best, j but most frequently not economically | feasible. In such cases if the | ponds or sluggish streams are per- j manent (i. e. do not "go dry" during) the dry season) they can he stocked with top minnows (Gambusia affinis) which will eat the larvae or wigglers. Oiling, by means of a mixture of crude oil and kerosene, equal par^s, | which kills the larvae can be employed. This, however, will have to | be repeated at least once a week dur ing the warm season. Another effec- j tual method of mosq.uito control is! i by means of screening all residences: with wire gauze with a mesh not I larger than one-sixteenth of an inch. | This, while not as reliable as drain- j ing or oiling, is very effective since! the malaria mosquito never bites in j the sunshine, the most favorite time being about dark and during the night when one would be in the house and protected by the screens. Screening must include all doors, windows, chimneys and all other openings. To get rid of the human carriers, we have to employ a certain drugj which, if administered over a suf-l ficiently long period of time, and at regular intervals of twenty-four i hours, will kill the malaria germ in the blood of the carrier. According! to Dr. C. C. Bass, of Tulane University, quinine is the only drug which! will do this. Chill tonics and the j Fit TO KEEP UP WITH THIS YE THE < THE STATE carries . delivered to you fresh e~ ft corner of the world. F patches, and many inter Dailvand Sunday.... %J ft' Daily only Sunday only Tuesdav and Fridav ft ft THE < nriT-TTTun || WUl/AUJ Alabama Mil Stomach Troubles Made Hi But Now Always DO YOU enjoy your meals? Eat without the dread of the aftereffects? Lack of appetite, and a disgreeable, sick-at-the-stomach feeling after meals, usually indicate that your digestive] organs are not working properly. As . result, you will feel weak, lose weight and lack the energy that Is to be derived from well-digested food. A valuable help in correcting such conditions is mentioned by the Rev. ?. K, McKenzie, of Route 1, Section, - like are a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-L-y useless and even harmful. He also states that it requires ten grains of this drug each day for at least eight weeks to kill all of the malaria germs. The people must learn these facts and many more, also they must receive expert advice concerning their individual problems as well as aid to accomplish the results. To employ the personnel mentioned above and to carry into effect any of the measures referred to in the preceding paragraphs requires a reasonable budget. This budget should be from Federal, state and CUUiltv ajJ^iupnauuiiu. In the 25 mile area referred to in this article with an expenditure of less than 1 0 per cent, of the cost of malaria in 1018, during the summer and fall of 1919 malaria was reduced SO.2 per cent. While during the same year (1919) in an adjacent area of similar size, malaria was 5 per cent, more prevalent than during the year 1918. The per acre loss from malaria in this zone during 191S was $18.00 and in 1919 it increased $2.50 or $15.50 per acre, while in the original zone where control measures were instituted the per acre loss was only $1.50, which was a saving of $10.00 per acre, $70.30 per capita, $490.00 per family or a total of $39,670 saved by reason of malaria control measures which cost $3,580.00 or a dividend of 100S per cent.?T. F. Abercrombie, M. D,, Secretary of the Georgia State Board of Health, in Southern Ruralist. Difficulties of Arbitration. "A peaceable man of this town," says an official of a steel company, "came upon two lads fighting. He besought them in eloquent terms to settle tneir dispute oy aroitrauon. 'Each of you,' he suggested kindly, 'select half a dozen friends to arbitrate.' "Then, having seen that the twelve arbitrators were chosen to the satisfaction of both sides, the peaceable man left rejoicing. It was half an hour when he came back that way, and he was chagrined to find the whole community fighting, while from a distance were blowing many police whistles. Officers were rushing to the spot from all quarters. " 'In the name of heaven!' demanded the peacemaker of a bystander, 'what is the matter now?' " 'Well, sir,' said the man, 'the arbitrators are at work.' " MAKE YOUR SICK SKIN WELLT If you suffer from eczema, itch, pimples, etc., gave Zemerine a trial. It stops the itching, allays the irritation, and soon your skin is restored to a healthy condition. For sale by leading druggists. No Worms in a Healthy Child AH children troubled with worms have an un' i.v twvr KLvwl anH Q a a liCUIUUy 1 VTUiui IUUnggpw& i/iwuf KMU uv % rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, improve the digestion, and act as a General Strengthening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be in perfect heanh. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle. POLITICAL EVENTS AR READ I 5TATE all the worth while news, 11 eery morning from every I ull Associated Press dis- ; ; esting special features. J j $9.00 per year 7.00 per year 2.00 per year ' 1.50 per year STATE 11 3IA, S. C. 1 ... lister Relieved lm Feel Siek at Meal Times, Enjoys His Meals. Ala., who writes: "I had stomach trouble. When I would go to eat, I would turn sick. I took one bottle of Ziron, and it cured me. Am always ieady for my meals and enjoy them. I think ' it is a fine medicine." If your food hurts yeu, if your appetite is poor, if you are M-le, weak and run-down, and have other symptoms that indicate your system needs help, try Ziron. 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