Health Officer Palmer
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- Sep 24, 1893Dying on the Doorstep of 'Reform'A laborer assaulted with a coupling-pin is left bleeding in the street after city officials and the health officer refuse to admit him to the hospital, citing new bureaucratic squabbles.Seattle, WA
- Jan 31, 1894An Indigenous Birth in WhitechapelA White River woman finds refuge in a shack in Seattle's skid road district during childbirth.Seattle, WA
- Mar 6, 1894A Desperate Night at the Clifton HouseA Clallam County resident struggling with alcoholism and personal heartache attempts to end his life in a downtown hotel.Fifth Street, Seattle, WA
- Apr 5, 1894The School Sanitation StandoffA looming confrontation between Seattle’s Health Officer and the School Board over dry-closet systems risks the arrest of the school secretary.Pacific School, Seattle, WA
- Jan 19, 1895Typhoid Outbreak Strikes Seattle’s Fourth and Fifth WardsEight cases of typhoid fever and two deaths have been reported since the start of the year, prompting Health Officer Palmer to urge residents to boil their drinking water.Seattle, WA
- Jan 31, 1895Typhoid Fever Cases Climb in SeattleThree new cases reported to the city health officer bring the count to twenty-four since January 1.Seattle, WA
- Feb 2, 1895The Doctor Who Didn't Report Scarlet FeverA Seattle physician is hauled into court for failing to tell the health office about a sick child — a test of the city's power to track contagious disease.Seattle, WA
- Mar 24, 1895The Milkman’s Math: One Gallon of Water to Three of MilkSeattle’s city chemist finds W. H. Putman’s milk watered by a fourth and urges the health board to publish the names of adulterators.Seattle, WA
- Apr 10, 1895Seattle's Watered-Milk Case Collapsed on a Question of IntentAn inspector found 10 to 12 gallons of water in a 46-gallon shipment, but Judge Glasgow acquitted the retailer because the ordinance did not require him to test every can.Seattle, WA
- May 12, 1895The Board of Health Weighed Closing Every School in SeattleScarlet fever was moving through the city's classrooms in May 1895, and the men who ran public health argued over whether to send thousands of children home for six weeks — and whether parents could be trusted to report the sickness at all.Seattle, WA
- May 16, 1895Seattle's Schools Stay Open While Two Boards Square Off Over Scarlet FeverWhen the Board of Health ordered South and Rainier schools closed during a scarlet fever scare, the school board filed the order and refused to shut the doors.Seattle, WA