Dr. McCready
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- Aug 25, 1892Snohomish Wants Its Health Officer Gone as Smallpox Closes InA mass meeting demands Dr. McCready resign, the new pesthouse burns down overnight, and a pauper patient dies — all while the state threatens to quarantine the town.Snohomish, WA
- Aug 26, 1892Smallpox Quarantines Rock SnohomishAfter reports of gross negligence and a local pesthouse fire, Snohomish health officials face a shake-up to contain a smallpox outbreak.Snohomish, WA
- Sep 3, 1892The Health Officer Called It 'Varioloid.' An Everett Doctor Called It Smallpox.A farmer who caught the disease while working in Snohomish is the test case in a quiet jurisdictional war — the town's disgraced former health officer against a doctor hired by the county to cover whatever the local authorities won't.Snohomish, WA
- Feb 19, 1893The Toll of the Pest HouseHealth Officer Limerick tallies the human cost of the smallpox epidemic in Snohomish.Snohomish, WA