Typhoid Fever Cases Climb in Seattle
Three new cases reported to the city health officer bring the count to twenty-four since January 1.
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Typhoid fever continues to occupy the attention of the medical profession. Yesterday three new cases were reported to Health Officer Palmer. The patients were S. Cole, one of the proprietors of the Royal restaurant; George F. Gund, of Seneca and Fourteenth streets; and F. N. Wilson, of Joy and Division streets. Since January 1 there have been twenty-four cases reported.
“Since January 1 there have been twenty-four cases reported.”
In 1891, before modern sanitation and vaccines, typhoid was a routine urban threat that city health officers tracked case by case. The item reads like an early public-health bulletin—names, addresses, and a running count—and rhymes with today's outbreak surveillance.
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