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This letter, issued by the Kansas State Board of Health, outlines ways to prevent typhoid fever; although the cause was not yet fully known. A table shows the typhoid fever death rate per 100,000 of population in five cities in the world. Table 2 compares the death rate in Berlin and Chicago.
Creator: Kansas. State Board of Health
Date: 1897
Item Number: 221845
Call Number: Port SP 614 K13 letter no.2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221845
Business and Industry - Health care
Collections - Library
Community Life - Community services - Public health
Date - 1890s - 1897
Education - Health
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Board of Health, Kansas State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newsletter
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Printed materials - Government publications - Reports
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/221845