Hand ditching for malaria control
- Series Title(s):
- CDC
- Contributor(s):
- Communicable Disease Center (U.S.) South Carolina State Board of Health. United States. Public Health Service.
- Publication:
- [Atlanta, Ga.] : The Service, [1949]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Moving image
- Subject(s):
- Drainage, Sanitary -- methods Malaria -- prevention & control Mosquito Control -- methods
- Genre(s):
- Instructional Films and Videos
- Abstract:
- The conditions which necessitate hand-ditching are outlined. The proper engineering and digging techniques for the construction of swamp drainage ditches are presented. Shots include: swamps in South Carolina; inspector in a swamp dipping for larvae; putting the larvae in vials for shipment to a laboratory; spray larvaciding on foot; surveying the swamp for ditching; work crews digging drainage ditches; swamp water running through the ditches; intersections of the ditches.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 005 min.
- Color:
- Color
- Sound:
- Sound
- Provenance:
- Received: May 29, 1956 as a donation from USPHS.
- Technique:
- Live action
- NLM Unique ID:
- 8800526A (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8800526A