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357 stories matching health
- After Smallpox Epidemic, Seattle's Health Board Chooses Assistant Officer
Dr. Palmer wins appointment over Dr. Wright after a divided board vote, revealing political undercurrents in public health.
- Seattle's Schools Stay Open While Two Boards Square Off Over Scarlet Fever
When 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.
- The City Health Board Closed Two Schools. The School Board Asked Who Gave It the Power.
When scarlet fever fears shut Rainier and South schools, Seattle's school board dug in—not against quarantine, but against what its lawyers called an 'arbitrary' order that skipped the City Council.
- Health Officer Forced Out by Political Squabble
Dr. George H. T. Sparling resigns as city health officer after relentless opposition from the Democratic city administration.
- The Mayor's Ultimatum to the Board of Health
Mayor J.T. Ronald demands the resignation of the Health Board after they refuse to fire the health officer for being 'opprobrious.'
- Scarlet Fever Sets Seattle's School Board Against Its Health Board
With scarlet fever alarming physicians, the board of health claims power to close the public schools—and the school board is not convinced the charter gives it that right.
- The Health Officer's Election Brawl
A local health official survives a political 'trial' after being accused of interference at the polls.
- The Doctors Declare War: Seattle's Health Board Orders the Schools Shut as Scarlet Fever Spreads
Backed by a city attorney's opinion, the board of health gives the school board an ultimatum — close the Rainier and South schools by nine o'clock Friday morning or the police will do it for them.
- Seattle Health Board Battles School Board Over 'Unsanitary' Conditions
Health officials attempt to shut down the South School, but the School Board defies the order, setting the stage for a legal showdown over sanitation.
- The $3,000 Health Office That Vanished
A lawsuit between rival health officers ends with a lucrative post abolished and steamship companies refusing to pay for certificates they never legally owed.
- City Hall's Quarantine Deadlock
As the Board of Health scrambles to map an imaginary quarantine line for cholera, the city's inability to pay for basic sanitation has created a public health crisis.
- The Battle Over Public Health
A heated public dispute erupts between the Seattle Board of Health and the City Council’s Auditing Committee over the costs of a recent smallpox outbreak.
- The 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.
- Aberdeen Establishes Its First Board of Health
A newly passed city ordinance formalizes local medical oversight and mandates reporting of contagious diseases to combat epidemics.
- Tacoma Quarantined Its Neighbours, and the State Health Board Said Enough
A Congregational minister refuses the vaccine and argues with the health officer on the depot platform, while the state board warns Tacoma it will 'exert its authority' over a quarantine drawn against Olympia and the Sound.
- The School Sanitation Standoff
A looming confrontation between Seattle’s Health Officer and the School Board over dry-closet systems risks the arrest of the school secretary.
- Two Men Sick, the Town Unwarned: Snohomish Turns on Its Health Officer
Smallpox cases sat undeclared for days while friends visited and a brother walked the streets — until fifty businessmen telegraphed Olympia demanding the state take over.
- The Mayor vs. The Board of Health
Mayor Ronald demands the resignation of Seattle's health board in a bitter clash over political control and professional autonomy.
- The Schoolyard War Over Scarlet Fever
Seattle's health board tried to close two schools. Principals resisted, police made arrests, and pupils turned a fire hose on the law.
- Border Towns Beg for Smallpox Quarantine — but the Health Board Can't Stop the Trains
Asiatic 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.
- The Health Board Fights Smallpox Scare
City officials seek to prevent Vancouver, B.C., from enacting a quarantine against Seattle by providing a status report on local smallpox cases.
- A City Divided Over Disease
As scarlet fever spreads through Seattle, the Board of Health and the House of Delegates clash over funding for an inspector, leaving the city vulnerable.
- Snohomish Wants Its Health Officer Gone as Smallpox Closes In
A 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.
- The Battle for School Sanitation
A bitter feud erupts between Seattle's school board and the board of health over the safety of 'dry closet' systems in public classrooms.
- City Council Rejects Health Inspectors
Legislators block board of health's attempt to hire sanitary inspectors for house-to-house inspections, while street railway companies lobby for franchise extensions.