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2011.256.032

Core
Title
Typhoid Fever in its Relation to Water Supplies
Title (generic)
Article

This article describes the spread of typhoid fever through many methods, but mostly through the water supply. It discusses the importance of creating a town water supply instead of using wells, the unusual number of deaths from the disease in Lowell and Lawrence and the reasons for it, the number of deaths in various other towns (and the causes), and the possibility of purifying the drinking water in Massachusetts. The article includes tables and diagrams.

Accession No.
Date (created)
Undated
Format
9" x 6"
Collection
Barry Flynn Essex Company Collection
Author
Mills, Hiram F.
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.
Language
English
Administrative
Location
2nd Floor Stacks - Library
Display Value
Fair
Condition
Poor
Cataloged By
Williams, Jenn
Cataloged On

The binding is fragile and the front cover has come off.

Status
OK