Puget Sound Board of Health
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- May 27, 1892Border Towns Beg for Smallpox Quarantine — but the Health Board Can't Stop the TrainsAsiatic smallpox is spreading in Vancouver and New Westminster, and Whatcom's mayor warns that daily trains could carry infection into every Puget Sound city. The board of health says the law only lets it quarantine ships.Bellingham, WA
- Jul 13, 1892Smallpox Quarantine Locks Down Puget SoundFearful of a smallpox outbreak in Victoria, B.C., local health officials in Seattle and beyond establish a strict quarantine, including the mandatory vaccination of train passengers.Seattle Waterfront, Seattle, WA
- Jul 15, 1892Smallpox Quarantine Shuts Down the SoundPuget Sound cities scramble to seal their borders as a smallpox epidemic spreads from Victoria.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 21, 1895The $3,000 Health Office That VanishedA lawsuit between rival health officers ends with a lucrative post abolished and steamship companies refusing to pay for certificates they never legally owed.Port Townsend, WA