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Rat Control Urged to Shield Health and Economy
Health officer Dr. W. K. McDowell warns the rat poses major public health and economic threats. Typhus, spread by fleas from rats, is rising across states from the Atlantic to the Texas Panhandle, with thousands of cases reported. The plan calls for concerted rodent control, sanitation upgrades, and public cooperation, plus a community air program on WCBT Roanoke Rapids.
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United States
Gulf Coast States
Atlantic Seaboard
Texas Panhandle
Kentucky
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids
Scotland Neck
Halifax
State Department
D. H. Moody
E. A. Hastings
Health Department
Edgecombe-Halifax
W. C. Matthews