Preparing Rats to be Tested for Diseases

ID: 225 ~ Source: Image is in the Public Domain, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. ~ Date: 1936

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

Preparing Rats to be Tested for Diseases

In 1936, the WPA sponsored a public health rat project, rounding up the rodents and testing them for diseases.

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

Wharf Rats, the Plague, and Public Health

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 rats" that infested the area's…