Year: 1953
Type: article
Abstract: THE purpose of the Committee onVector Control of the Engineering Section of the American Public Health Association is to study the status of vector control activities in the United States; to analyze administrative and technical problems and practices in this field, and to prepare reports and recom- mendations concerning these subjects.Because of the diversity of vector con- trol activities and their inherent inter- dependence with other health activities, it would seem that in future years joint studies and reports with other committees of the Association might be indi- cated.We are thinking of vectors as "animal carriers of disease and discomfort to man."In developing our report, the major emphasis has been devoted to arthropods and rodents because of the proportionately greater amount of con- trol activities against these vectors.It is not our intention, however, to exclude others from the area of general con- sideration.Vector control activities have in- creased greatly in scope during the past 25 years, both in terms of the extent of the area covered and in the types of problems undertaken for solution.The growth in interest on the part of state and local health agencies has been steady if not spectacular.This increas- ing interest by health agencies has been shared by a diversity of other public agencies, as well as by the commercial operators.The number of agencies op- *First Report of the Committee.
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1984884873