Struggling With Infectious Diseases

The discovery that infectious diseases thrived because of our lack of knowledge in the mechanics of them, which gave way to the growing interest and need in controlling such infectious diseases. The complete eradication of any current problematic disease is virtually impossible because of the many factors that may or may not be in our control. But we have the knowledge and technology to try and reduce the incidences of many infectious diseases.
During 19th century America, the increase of population in urban areas was coupled with infectious diseases because the practice of sufficient sanitation services and hygiene was unfamiliar to the masses. Conditions such as
“…overcrowding in poor housing served by inadequate or nonexistent public water supplies and waste-disposal systems…resulted in repeated outbreaks of cholera, dysentery, TB, typhoid fever, influenza, yellow fever, and malaria1.”
Eventually, in the 1930s through the 1950s, collaborative efforts from the loc...