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Malaria Survey Highlights County School Cases and Mosquito Breeding
Dr. L. L. Williams Jr notes 1938 North Carolina malaria figures while Halifax County Health Officer Robert F. Young reports 84 cases among county children from the 1939 survey. White schools show 14 of 3,184 and colored 72 of 3,675 positive. outbreaks linked to breeding ponds. He urges drains, larviciding, and screens to curb relapses.
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Health Department
Enfield
Roseneath
Tillery
Eden
Roanoke Rapids
Light Neck
Norfleet
Wayman
Halifax County
North Carolina
L. L. Williams, Jr
United States Public Health Service
Robert F. Young