Health Officer Sparling
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- Feb 4, 1891Seattle’s 'Black Hole of Calcutta' CondemnedA scathing health department report labels the city jail a public danger, citing extreme overcrowding and poor ventilation.Seattle, WA
- Feb 13, 1891A Father Arrested for Burying His ChildA grieving father faces legal trouble for failing to secure a formal burial permit after his two-year-old child passed away.Seattle, WA
- Jun 6, 1892Smallpox Scare at Providence HospitalA laborer misdiagnosed with measles is found to have smallpox, triggering a full-scale sanitization effort at a local Seattle hospital.Seattle, WA
- Jul 14, 1892Seattle Health Officers Screen Trains and Steamers for SmallpoxAs smallpox cases surge in Victoria, B.C., Seattle and neighboring ports enact aggressive, sometimes illegal, quarantines to stop the infection from crossing the border.Seattle, WA
- Oct 2, 1892Quarantined Residents Left Without Food in SeattleThirty people trapped inside the St. Denis hotel by a smallpox order face city bureaucracy and hunger.1314 1/2 3rd Ave, Seattle, WA
- Oct 20, 1892Smallpox Outbreak at the American HotelTwenty-eight residents quarantined after hotel porter is moved to the city's pest house.Washington Street, Seattle, WA