Open AccessWhat Health Officers Can Do to Promote Rat Extermination
Author(s) -
Edward Alphonso Goldman
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.11.7.606
Subject(s) - civilization , political science , public health , environmental health , business , public relations , law , criminology , medicine , psychology , nursing
Rats are a civic reproach and a sanitary menace of the first magnitude, not merely an unavoidable economic burden. Health officers everywhere must be active because civilization demands the coöperation of all forces in the removal of the rat menace to health and well-being. This paper outlines well-digested plans for efficient warfare on the rat.