Annual Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Volume 5E.K. Meyers, State Printers, 1891 - Pennsylvania |
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... hundred and eighty - five men . In consequence of the filthy habits of the great body of laborers , it was also found advisable to appoint an inspector of camps . Blanks were devised by Dr. Groff for making a sanitary survey , which ...
... hundred and eighty - five men . In consequence of the filthy habits of the great body of laborers , it was also found advisable to appoint an inspector of camps . Blanks were devised by Dr. Groff for making a sanitary survey , which ...
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... hundred and fifty cases and sixty deaths , the cases occurring almost exclusively among those who used the water from one reservoir , while those who drank that supplied from other sources generally escaped . A careful investigation of ...
... hundred and fifty cases and sixty deaths , the cases occurring almost exclusively among those who used the water from one reservoir , while those who drank that supplied from other sources generally escaped . A careful investigation of ...
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... hundred and fifty miles , and had found and burned the carcasses of fifty eight animals . He further reported that the people in the districts had formed a Local Board and were placing the towns and villages in sanitary condition . The ...
... hundred and fifty miles , and had found and burned the carcasses of fifty eight animals . He further reported that the people in the districts had formed a Local Board and were placing the towns and villages in sanitary condition . The ...
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... hundred and fifty and many cases it was suspected , had not been reported . In his report Dr. Taylor stated that nearly all the cases were those of persons using the Laurel Run water . He had made an exhaustive examination of the ...
... hundred and fifty and many cases it was suspected , had not been reported . In his report Dr. Taylor stated that nearly all the cases were those of persons using the Laurel Run water . He had made an exhaustive examination of the ...
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... hundred and forty cases of fever at Lock Haven . At Renovo and other places , the water supply from the mountains appeared pure , and yet there was much sickness in these places . Mr. Howard Murphy considered that we had no more ...
... hundred and forty cases of fever at Lock Haven . At Renovo and other places , the water supply from the mountains appeared pure , and yet there was much sickness in these places . Mr. Howard Murphy considered that we had no more ...
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