Archive for August 19th, 2010
In the early 1900s, tuberculosis killed about 110,000 Americans annually. Without modern antibiotics, the disease was often fatal. To protect children judged at risk from TB because of exposure or poor health, communities sometimes segregated the juveniles in “preventoriums.” Rest Haven, opened in 1920 in east San Diego, was one of the first and last preventoriums for children in the United States.  Read more about The Rest Haven Preventorium.
San Diego today imports about 80% of its water supply. But until 1947 all of our water came from local wells and reservoirs. This article explains how our addiction to outside water supplies began just after World War II: The story of the San Diego Aqueduct.