1 Most deaths from pertussis occur among infants under 3 months of age. 2  The incidence rate of pertussis among infants is greater than all other age groups. 3  The second highest rates of whooping cough are seen in children 7 to 10 years of age.
The National Housing Act of 1934 created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which was established primarily to increase home construction, reduce unemployment, and operate various loan insurance programs. The FHA makes no loans, nor does it plan or build houses.
FDR creates the WPA. On this day in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order creating the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was just one of many Great Depression relief programs created under the auspices of the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, which Roosevelt had signed the month before.