Examining Rats for Bubonic Plague

ID: 217 ~ Source: Image is in the Public Domain, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. ~ Date: 1914

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The plague came to New Orleans via its port in 1914. In order to stop its spread, the city undertook a major rat eradication project.

This file appears in: Wharf Rats, the Plague, and Public Health

Wharf Rats, the Plague, and Public Health

By Alison Laurence & John Lee

New Orleans has been a major port since the early 18th century. Until the 1960's, warehouses stood along this part of the river. These warehouses, or wharves, used to teem with the infamous "wharf…