Health Concerns Plague Houston After Storm
From Times Wire Reports
Tetanus worries, hordes of mosquitoes and well water contaminated with E. coli spurred health officials to action in the watery aftermath of Tropical Storm Allison.
So far, potential outbreaks have been avoided.
The city health department had administered 7,800 tetanus shots to residents with wounds who trudged through flood waters contaminated with sewage. Mosquitoes, whose populations boomed in the watery stew, can spread encephalitis and other viruses to humans. No viruses have been detected yet.
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