Malaria control in the Kentucky Reservoir a documentary film photographed during the preparation of the reservoir
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| Description | Power requirements necessitated partial impoundment of the Kentucky Reservoir during the late summer of 1944. Emergency malaria control measures were implemented at this time, and the Tennessee Valley Authority and US Public Health Service spearheaded public education programs. Mosquito-proofing was applied to approximately 1,200 dwellings by field crews of 8 to 10 carpenters, a foreman, and a driver. Houses in high density anopheline areas were sprayed with insecticide. Shots include: people around a table looking at pamphlets on malaria; people in a classroom being instructed about malaria; man in uniform examines map; men check supply catalogues; three men make a construction survey of the houses to be mosquito-proofed--are shown on the porch of a frame house, speaking to a woman in a rocking chair who signs a permission form; exteriors of rural houses; assembly-line production of screen doors; power saws; drills; glue pots; rolls of wire screening; screening being nailed to the |
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| Source | collections.nlm.nih.gov |
| Author | Tennessee Valley Authority., United States. Public Health Service. |
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Attribution: Tennessee Valley Authority., United States. Public Health Service.