Slats Diary Fragments and Health Stats Reported
Diary excerpts recount local life from Friday to Thursday with names and town hints, followed by a Public Health Service summary detailing August communicable diseases, foodborne outbreaks, and waterborne illness data for Caroline County Health Department. The report cites cholera era terms and lists diseases like chickenpox dysentery gonorrhea malaria amid outbreak figures.
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Public Health Service
Caroline County Health Department
Preventable Illness From Dishonoring Sanitary Rules
Public Health Service data show 389 outbreaks in 1943 causing 23 665 illnesses and 56 deaths from water and foodborne diseases. Officials warn many cases stem from disregard of fundamental sanitary principles, noting outbreaks exclude nonreported cases.
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Public Health Service
Health department clinic statistics and visits outline
A concise report lists measles and other diseases with counts, along with clinic visits for venereal disease tuberculosis prenatal child hygiene and sanitation activity. It includes numbers of examinations X rays nurses visits, milk and water samples, and miscellaneous conferences, attributed to Walter B. Johnson, M D Deputy State Health Officer.
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Walter B. Johnson
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Local social notes from Preston region
Preston and Salisbury residents travel and visiting relatives over the weekend and past week. The Noble family hosts, while Mrs Milbourne Cannon and Mrs Lee Noble dine in Baltimore. Several families vacationed in Ocean City and Boston. Frances Dee Noble hosts a birthday party. Jane Cannon departs for St. Marys College.
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Harry Hollis
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Wilmington
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Milbourne Cannon
John Noble
E. J. Harris
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A. W. Strickland
Jane Cannon
St. Mary’s College
St. Mary’s, Md
Billy Fletcher
McDonogh School
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